Duct Work and Riser air leaks can compromise HVAC Energy efficiency and safety/health. What are the Effects of leakage on energy use and even safety? Ductless risers and even services…
Some builders are concerned with building homes too airtight. Some reasons they give are: Humans breathe. Your building also needs to breathe. We don’t want people suffocating in our homes/buildings….
Under Floor Air Distribution Air Tightness Testing Efficiency Matrix tests to BSRIA BG65-2016 Underfloor air distribution systems have become a very popular form of air distributing in new builds throughout…
When trying to build airtight, the real magic is NOT the air-tightness testing itself, it’s actually the Building Design, continuous QA (Air Barrier Integrity Auditing) during construction and ensuring an…
There are wall wraps, and then there are wall wraps. Different users have different requirements and expectations for what they want their wrap to do. In most cases we should,…
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 1. What capability of duct air tightness testing can Efficiency Matrix do? Testing capabilities for Builders risers(speedwall/precast/blockwork/riser liner), plenums or Sheet metal ducts. 250Pa –…
Building performance is the single most important thing for ALL buildings. With poor building envelope performance, comes higher energy consumption. Using more efficient plant to heat and cool a building…
Enclosure Air tightness testing Volume vs Surface Area Targets (ACH@50 vs Permeability rate) Airtightness on large enclosures can get tricky and complicated. We see some pretty questionable things in specifications…
BCA and Air Tightness using EM0017 Revision 1 How can one make sense of this mismatch? In this article, we will discuss how the form of the building and the…
Some Information on Ceramic Solar Thermal Reflective Paints and Having a Cool Roof. Here at Efficiency Matrix, we are not rocket scientists, but some of the claims/assumptions on the…
The Green Building movement in the past few decades brought in many changes to the construction industry and has also changed the mindset amongst design professionals. One of the key…
Efficiency Matrix and its eCaulkair product are a safe, non-toxic automated application of sealant for rigid ducts or plenums used Globally in commercial & domestic air tightness applications. The key ingredient of the…
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