[Greenbuilding] Exhaust Only Passive Inlet Ventilation

Sacie Lambertson sacie.lambertson at gmail.com
Tue Dec 4 09:57:42 EST 2007


At 10:41 PM 12/3/2007, Robert Tom wrote:
>overcoming the
>stack effect.
>
>In a non-compartmentalised multi-storey SFH, any fresh air entering
>through the passive inlets would tend to head up to the ceiling of the
>uppermost storey, effectively short-circuiting the ventilation airstream
>where it was supposed to be available for the house occupants.


That's it, the stack effect.  I had forgotten.

It was fresh air inlets that I meant by 'vents'.   Using the term the 
same way as J Straube, but he can get away with it.

Many thanks, a clear response,   Sacie 


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