4. Ventilation for single-family homes
4.1 General
Ventilation can be either natural or controlled mechanical (CMV), with single or double flow. It ensures optimum air renewal, and extracts stale air from homes.
For air-conditioned premises, the CMV enables air to be renewed by controlling the quantity of air renewed.
Coupled with a ground-coupled heat exchanger or geothermal heat exchanger, it naturally cools the home.
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Natural ventilation involves creating...
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Bibliography
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Standards
- Building work – Mechanical ventilation systems - NF DTU 68.3 - Novembre 2017
- Building ventilation – Conduit network – Requirements for components designed to facilitate the maintenance of duct systems (classification index: E51-734) - NF EN 12097 - Novembre 2006
- Building ventilation – Conduit network – Resistance and tightness of circular sheet metal conduits (classification index: E51-717) - NF EN 12237 - Juin 2003 ...
Regulations
Air quality decrees and orders
Decree of October 22, 1955 on ventilation in new housing.
Decree 2012-14 of January 5, 2012 on the evaluation of ventilation means and the measurement of pollutants carried out as part of the monitoring of indoor air quality in certain establishments open to the public.
Decree 2015-1000 of August 17, 2015 on indoor air...
Websites
Indoor air quality observatory http://www.oqai.fr
CETIAT http://www.cetiat.fr
IGIENAIR http://www.igienair.com
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