Australian Air Tightness Testing Articles, written by Efficiency Matrix, Australia’s leading air tightness tester, to help people understand the benefits and outcomes of improving airtightness testing in buildings.
RISERS/Ductwork: Not getting the air flow you expect?
Duct Work and Riser air leaks can compromise HVAC Energy efficiency and safety/health. What are the Effects of leakage on ...
Under Floor Air Distribution Air Tightness Testing
Under Floor Air Distribution Air Tightness Testing Efficiency Matrix tests to BSRIA BG65-2016 Underfloor air distribution systems have become a ...
Air Barrier Integrity Auditing
When trying to build airtight, the real magic is NOT the air-tightness testing itself, it's actually the Building Design, continuous ...
Vapour permeable wall wraps, the devil is in the detail
There are wall wraps, and then there are wall wraps. Different users have different requirements and expectations for what they ...
NCC 2019 Air Tightness testing
Blower door testing in Australia National construction code is finally trying to bridge the gap around design performance and actual ...
BCA – NCC 2019 – Duct Air Leakage Testing
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 1. What capability of duct air tightness testing can Efficiency Matrix do? Testing capabilities for ...
Building Performance
Building performance is the single most important thing for ALL buildings. With poor building envelope performance, comes higher energy consumption ...
Indoor swimming pool ventilation
Pool evaporation is inevitable... and evaporation costs in so many ways. An indoor swimming pool continuously produces large quantities of ...
FAQ Air tightness and ventilation
Frequently Asked Questions Healthy Buildings Why could indoor air quality be a problem in our homes? Our homes and offices ...
Ineffective and effective air tightness testing specifications
Ineffective and effective Air tightness testing specifications Being a leading air tightness tester in Australia/Asia, we have the pleasure of ...
Enclosure Air Tightness Testing Volume vs Surface Area Targets ACH vs PERM
Enclosure Air tightness testing Volume vs Surface Area Targets (ACH@50 vs Permeability rate) Airtightness on large enclosures can get tricky ...
Air Tightness Consultancy
Information for Builders. Air Tightness Consultancy is important. Achieve commercial building airtightness contractually or for government regulations. What Services ...
EM0017 – BCA and Air Tightness
BCA and Air Tightness using EM0017 Revision 1 How can one make sense of this mismatch? In this article, we ...
The Flaws of Compartment and Facade Air Tightness Testing in Commercial Buildings
It's natural for people to look for cheaper ways to do things. In the case of air tightness testing, what ...
What is the Building Envelope?
It's a very common question so we thought we might answer the question of "What is the Building Envelope?" and ...
Getting a Passive House to Passive House Air Tightness
When it comes to achieving Passive House Air tightness, its not as easy as just flicking a switch. .6 ...
Busting the myth on solar thermal reflective paints, and having a cool roof.
Some Information on Ceramic Solar Thermal Reflective Paints and Having a Cool Roof. Here at Efficiency Matrix, we are ...
Green Star Points & Air Tightness Testing
Airtightness & Green Star Green Building Council Australia has released the new Green Star rating system for the design and ...
Energy Modelling and Building Air Leakage in Australia
The Green Building movement in the past few decades brought in many changes to the construction industry and has also ...
Integrity Room Testing
Maintaining the effectiveness of an installed gas fire suppression system is critical. Leaky data centers/computer rooms can reduce the hold ...
eCAULKair Achieving Automated Air tightness
Efficiency Matrix and its eCaulkair product are a safe, non-toxic automated application of sealant for rigid ducts or plenums used Globally in commercial ...
Air Permeability and Seeing the Unseen
Achieving an Air Permeability Rate Requires Seeing the Unseen Energy efficiency is all about control over heat and air flows, ...
Fire Integrity Testing, Testing Reality or the Theoretical?
Matching the theoretical to reality provides the piece of mind for fire suppression and environment stability. Once a Server room/Data ...
AS NZS ISO 9972:2015
What does the standard "AS NZS ISO 9972:2015" do? Quantifies Thermal performance of buildings Determination of the building air permeability rate ...
How Blower Door Testing Works
Summary How Our Calibrated Fan's create flow and Fan Pressure When the fan is turned on, air starts moving through the ...
The Evolution of Heating the Home
How Heating Has and Will Change The evolution of heating the home in history has done a complete U-turn as most ...
Our Experience in Air Leakage
Our experience in air leakage measurement spans across many industries all over the country, but also includes testing in overseas. Efficiency ...
Passive House Blower Door Testing
Efficiency Matrix PassivHaus Air Leakage Testing service. What is Passivhaus? PassivHaus or which is also known as Passive House is ...
Commercial Air Leakage Testing
Commercial air leakage testing otherwise known as commercial blower door testing enables: Smoke sealing and protecting areas of refuge (ensures ...
Thermal Imaging Air Tightness Testing
Thermal imaging Air Tightness Testing. Air Tightness testing with a blower door exaggerates thermal imaging, to highlight where big air gaps are in ...
Residential Blower Door Testing
Residential Blower Door testing only Available in Melbourne and the whole of Victoria. Call us for all your air tightness testing needs ...
Air Tightness Testing Services
Introduction Efficiency Matrix, has over twenty years experience in Air tightness testing services and products. We are the leading ...
