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Appendix C4

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Appendix C4: Miscellaneous Commercial and Institutional Building Airtightness Data (C&IMISC4.lb3)

Assorted commercial, institutional and high-rise residential airtightness values

Element Name Building Type Description Model Value Reference
WLEXPC6A_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast02/20/2013 ELA4 2.19 cm2/m2 C6
WNIO6A_CMN Commercial Inoperable window, Building A, minimum ELA4 0.58 cm2/m2 C6
WNIO6A_CMX Commercial Inoperable window, Building A, maximum ELA4 1.73 cm2/m2 C6
WLEXTV6AA_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Tile veneer, Building AA ELA4 1.34 cm2/m2 C6
WNIO6AA_CAV Commercial Inoperable window, Building AA, typical ELA4 0.58 cm2/m2 C6
WLEXPC6C_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building C ELA4 1.96 cm2/m2 C6
WNOO6C_CMN Commercial Operable window, Building C, minimum ELA4 1.73 cm2/m2 C6
WNOO6C_CMX Commercial Operable window, Building C, maximum ELA4 3.46 cm2/m2 C6
WLEXBR6H_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Brick veneer, Building H ELA4 0.62 cm2/m2 C6
WLEXBR6N_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Brick veneer, Building N ELA4 2.35 cm2/m2 C6
WNIO6N_CAV Commercial Inoperable window, Building N, typical ELA4 0.86cm2/m2 C6
WLEXBR6P_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Brick veneer, Building P ELA4 1.14 cm2/m2 C6
WLEXPC6S_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building S ELA4 3.01 cm2/m2 C6
WLEXPC7O_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building O ELA4 6.88 cm2/m2 C7
WLEXCW8A_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Glass and metal curtain wall, Building A ELA4 5.07 cm2/m2 C8
WLEXPC8B_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building B ELA4 2.51 cm2/m2 C8
WLEXPC9A_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building A ELA4 3.59 cm2/m2 C9
WLEXPC9B_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building B ELA4 1.79 cm2/m2 C9
WLEXPC9C_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building C ELA4 1.79 cm2/m2 C9
WLEXCW9D_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Curtain wall, Building D ELA4 2.03 cm2/m2 C9
WLEXCW9E_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Curtain wall, Building E ELA4 1.14 cm2/m2 C9
WLEXPC9F_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building F ELA4 1.14 cm2/m2 C9
WLEXPC9G_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Precast concrete panel, Building G ELA4 1.67 cm2/m2 C9
WLEXCW9H_C Commercial Exterior Wall: Curtain wall, Building H ELA4 0.78 cm2/m2 C9
WLEX10_NAV Industrial Exterior Wall: Average ELA4 0.96 cm2/m2 C10
WLEX10_NMN Industrial Exterior Wall: Minimum ELA4 0.48 cm2/m2 C10
WLEX10_NMX Industrial Exterior Wall: Maximum ELA4 2.40 cm2/m2 C10
WLEXSC11_NAV Institutional Exterior Wall: School, average ELA4 1.44 cm2/m2 C11
WLEXSC11_NMN Institutional Exterior Wall: School, minimum ELA4 0.48 cm2/m2 C11
WLEXSC11_NMX Institutional Exterior Wall: School, maximum ELA4 1.60 cm2/m2 C11
WLEXSC12_NAV Institutional Exterior Wall: School, average ELA4 4.48 cm2/m2 C12
WLEXSC12_NMN Institutional Exterior Wall: School, minimum ELA4 3.20 cm2/m2 C12
WLEXSC12_NMX Institutional Exterior Wall: School, maximum ELA4 4.80 cm2/m2 C12
WLEXSC13_CAV Commercial Exterior Wall: Retail stores/shopping malls, average ELA4 7.84 cm2/m2 C13
WLEXSC13_CMN Commercial Exterior Wall: Retail stores/shopping malls, minimum ELA4 4.00 cm2/m2 C13
WLEXSC13_CMX Commercial Exterior Wall: Retail stores/shopping malls, maximum ELA4 11.20cm2/m2 C13
WLELCC14A_C Commercial Elevator shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 17 story office building ELA4 5.55 cm2/m2 C14
WLELCC14B_C Commercial Elevator shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 14 story office building ELA4 2.25 cm2/m2 C14
WLELCC14C_C Commercial Elevator shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 12 story office building ELA4 1.72 cm2/m2 C14
WLELCOBL14D_C Commercial Elevator shaft wall, concrete block, 6 story office building ELA4 5.55 cm2/m2 C14
WLELCC14E_C Commercial Elevator shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 16 story office building ELA4 0.75 cm2/m2 C14
WLELTIBL14F_C Commercial Elevator shaft wall, clay tile block, 10 story office building ELA4 6.15 cm2/m2 C14
WLELCC14G_C Commercial Elevator shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 14 story office building ELA4 2.25 cm2/m2 C14
WLSRCC14A_C Commercial Stair shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 19 story office building ELA4 0.45 cm2/m2 C14
WLSRCC14B_C Commercial Stair shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 23 story office building ELA4 0.07 cm2/m2 C14
WLSRCC14C_C Commercial Stair shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 28 story office building ELA4 0.15 cm2/m2 C14
WLSRCC14D_C Commercial Stair shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 23 story office building ELA4 0.41 cm2/m2 C14
WLSRCC14E_C Commercial Stair shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 15 story office building ELA4 0.30 cm2/m2 C14
WLSRCC14F_C Commercial Stair shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 17 story office building ELA4 1.42 cm2/m2 C14
WLSRTIBL14G_C Commercial Stair shaft wall, clay tile block, 11 story office building ELA4 0.67 cm2/m2 C14
WLSRCC14H_C Commercial Stair shaft wall, cast-in-place concrete, 12 story office building ELA4 0.37 cm2/m2 C14
DREL14_CMN Commercial Elevator doors, 7 office buildings, minimum ELA4 187.5 cm2/door C14
DREL14_CMX Commercial Elevator doors, 7 office buildings, maximum ELA4 262.5 cm2/door C14
DRSR14_CMN Commercial Stair shaft doors, 8 office buildings, minimum ELA4 75.0 cm2/door C14
DRSR14_CMX Commercial Stair shaft doors, 8 office buildings, maximum ELA4 187.5 cm2/door C14
FLCO15_CMN Commercial Floor: Office building, reinforced concrete, minimum ELA4 0.18 cm2/m2 C15
FLCO15_CMX Commercial Floor: Office building, reinforced concrete, maximum ELA4 0.35 cm2/m2 C15
WLEX16A_R Residential Exterior Wall: Individual apartment (#405) in high-rise building ELA4 1.87 cm2/m2 C16
WLEX16B_R Residential Exterior Wall: Individual apartment (#509) in high-rise building ELA4 2.36 cm2/m2 C16
WLEX16C_R Residential Exterior Wall: Individual apartment (#609) in high-rise building ELA4 2.33 cm2/m2 C16
WLEX16D_R Residential Exterior Wall: Individual apartment (#1009) in high-rise building ELA4 1.57cm2/m2 C16
WLEXBRBL17_R Residential Exterior Wall: 5-story apartment building, brick and block backup ELA4 2.55 cm2/m2 C17
FLCEAP17_RMN Residential Floor/ceiling interface: 5-story apartment building, minimum ELA4 0.11 cm2/m2 C17
FLCEAP17_RMX Residential Floor/ceiling interface: 5-story apartment building, maximum ELA4 0.43 cm2/m2 C17
FLCEAP17_RAV Residential Floor/ceiling interface: 5-story apartment building, average ELA4 0.32 cm2/m2 C17
WLINAP17_RMN Residential Interior partition: 5-story apartment building, minimum ELA4 0.37 cm2/m2 C17
WLINAP17_RMX Residential Interior partition: 5-story apartment building, maximum ELA4 2.25 cm2/m2 C17
WLINAP17_RAV Residential Interior partition: 5-story apartment building, average ELA4 1.12 cm2/m2 C17
WLEXAP18_R Residential Exterior Wall: Multi-story apartment building ELA4 1.46 cm2/m2 C18
WLEXAP19D_R Residential Exterior Wall: High-story apartment building D ELA4 1.65 cm2/m2 C19
WLEXAP19V_R Residential Exterior Wall: High-story apartment building V ELA4 2.62 cm2/m2 C19

C6. Persily, A. K. and R. A. Grot. 1986. "Pressurization Testing of Federal Buildings." Measured Air Leakage of Buildings, ASTM STP 904. H. R. Trechsel and P. L. Lagus, Eds. American Society for Testing and Materials, 184-200.

C7. Persily, A.K., W.S. Dols, S.J. Nabinger and S. Kirchner. 1991. "Preliminary Results of the Environmental Evaluation of the Federal Records Center in Overland Missouri," NISTIR 4643, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.

C8. Perera, M.D.A.E.S., R.K. Stephen and R.G. Tull. 1990. "Airtightness Measurements in Two UK Office Buildings," Air Change Rate and Airtightness in Buildings, ASTM STP 1067, M.H. Sherman, Ed., American Society for Testing and Materials, 211-221.

C9. Tamura, G.T. and C.Y. Shaw. 1976. "Studies on Exterior Wall Air Tightness and Air Infiltration of Tall Buildings," ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 82, Part 1, 122-134.

C10. Lundin, L.I. 1986. "Air Leakage in Industrial Buildings - Description of Equipment," Measured Air Leakage of Buildings, H.R. Trechsel and P.L. Lagus Eds., ASTM STP 904, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 101-105.

C11. Brennan, T. W. Turner, G. Fisher, B. Thompson and B. Ligman. 1992. "Fan Pressurization of School Buildings," Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings V, 643-645.

C12. Shaw, C.Y., and L. Jones. 1979. "Air Tightness and Air Infiltration of School Buildings," ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 85, Part 1, 85-95.

C13. Shaw, C.Y. 1981. "Air Tightness: Supermarkets and Shopping Malls," ASHRAE Journal, Vol. 23, 44-46.

C14. Tamura, G.T. and C.Y. Shaw. 1976 "Air Leakage Data for the Design of Elevator and Stair Shaft Pressurization Systems," ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 82, Part 2, 179-190.

C15. Tamura, G.T. and C.Y. Shaw. 1978. "Experimental Studies of Mechanical Venting for Smoke Control in Tall Office Buildings," ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 84, Part 1, 54-71.

C16. Gulay, B.W. and C.D. Stewart. 1991. Field Investigation of Airtightness, Air Movement and Indoor Air Quality in High Rise Apartment Buildings Prairie Region. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

C17. Shaw, S.Y., R.J. Magee and J. Rousseau. 1991. "Overall and Component Airtightness Values of a Five-Story Apartment Building," ASHRAE Transactions, Vol. 97, Part 2, 347-353.

C18. Shaw, C.Y. 1980. "Methods for Conducting Small-Scale Pressurization Tests and Air Leakage Data of MultiStorey Apartment Buildings." ASHRAE Transactions 86(1): 241-250.

C19. Shaw, C.Y., S. Gasparetto and J.T. Reardon. 1990. "Methods for Measuring Air Leakage in High-Rise Apartments," Air Change Rate and Airtightness in Buildings, M.H. Sherman Ed., ASTM STP 1067, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 222-230.

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