Impact of Replacement Windows on IAQ of Occupied Dwellings

4 February 2003

Funding Body/Client:聽聽The Department for Communities and the Local Government (DCLG)聽
Project Partners:听狈/础
Total Project Value:听狈/础
香港六合彩中特网/IEDE Project Value Share:听狈/础
Duration:听2003-2005
厂迟补迟耻蝉:听听颁辞尘辫濒别迟别

The project involved the following work:

Identification and a telephone survey of 250 houses in which windows have been replaced
A detailed physical survey of houses in which the IAQ had deteriorated following window replacement
Fan pressurisation testing of 10 houses before and after windows replacement
Air permeability testing of replaced windows
Determination of the change in the air infiltration rate caused by window replacement both for individual properties and the UK stock in general
Analyses of the risk of causing IAQ problems as a result of installing replacement windows using 鈥楥ondensation Targeter鈥�
An investigation of the effect of installing trickle ventilators in replacement windows. 聽

PI: Ian Ridley

Co-Is: Tadj Oreszczyn and Michael Davies

R: Dejan Mumovic聽

The following key publications were produced as part of the work undertaken for this project:

Oreszczyn, T., Mumovic, D., Ridley, I., Davies, M. (2005) The reduction in air infiltration due to window replacement in UK dwellings: results of a field study and telephone survey, International Journal of Ventilation, Volume 4, Number 1, June 2005.
Davies, M., Mumovic, D., Ridley, I., Oreszczyn, T. (2005) The reduction in air infiltration in dwellings due to window replacement, The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Beijing , China.聽
Ridley, I., Mumovic, D., Davies M., Oreszczyn, T. (2005) Impact of Replacement Windows on IAQ of Occupied Dwellings CI 71/6/12 (cc2425), DCLG, London聽

The Final Report delivered for ODPM Building Regulations Division under the Building Operational Performance Framework聽

For further information please contact:聽Dejan Mumovic

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