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Study Finds Air Sealing Essential for Thermal Performance

November 7, 2013 1424 Views Building Health Initiative, Coastline Community College, Dan Heinfeld, Kurt Spiering, Northeast Georgia Health System, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton, principles, U.S Green Building Council Northern California, View Inc.

WESTFORD, Mass. — A new study by the Building Science Corporation (BSC) analyzes the findings of the Thermal Metric Project, a multi-year collaborative research project. The project, also headed by the BSC, aimed at finding a new metric for the thermal performance of building enclosures that better accounts for known physical heat flow mechanisms and operating conditions.