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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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air infiltration (building)

uncontrolled inward leakage of air (that may contain entrained water vapor) through cracks and interstic­es in any building element and around windows and doors of a building, caused by the pressure effects of wind or the effect of differences in the indoor and outdoor air density. See also specific infiltration

 

 





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