Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine February 2018

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(think 72,000 basketballs!) of fresh air every 24 hours! Do we need that much ventilation? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends a lot on clean (or not clean) living habits, but ASHRAE 62.1-2013 calls for even more ventilation, although it gives credit for whole house leakage if you blower door test. Is your brain hurting yet? Tune in next month for more on new code requirements, and ventilation strategies. If you have any questions or need some help duct testing, blower door testing or calculating ventilation, give me a call. (Ron Hughes, Energy Rater, trainer, and owner of HERS, Inc. in Little Rock can be reached at 501-680-8675 .)