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    • CommentAuthorward32
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2014
     
    I have been looking for good performance windows and while my preferred supplier has provided all the test data I cannot find any air permeability reference information for comparison. The test window has a Uw of 0.7 and an air permeability of 3m^3/h m^2 (or 0.75m^3/h m) @100Pa.

    I calculate in my design I have 20m^2 of glazing to a volume of 235m^3 so the windows alone could account for 0.225ach. But this is at 100Pa, perhaps this might be half at a test pressure of 50PA!

    Can anyone point to some reference data for air permeability of windows so I can make an assessment?
    • CommentAuthorEd Davies
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2014
     
    100 Pa is a strange pressure to quote. Leakage at 50 Pa might be half or it might be a bit more: leakage is proportional to pn where, for buildings, 0.5 < n < 1.0 depending on what sort of holes it has.

    What does the 0.75 m³/(h·m) figure refer to? Is it the leakage for the length of window perimeter? E.g., a 1 m × 1 m window would be 4 m × 0.75 m³/(h.m) so 3 m³/h with an area of 1 m² so 3 m³/(h·m²)?
    • CommentAuthorward32
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2014
     
    I tried to upload the PDf data sheet but it doesn't work. The figure of 0.75 m³/(h·m) is on the data sheet as being equivalent to 3m^3/h m^2, but in those units.
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      CommentAuthorSteamyTea
    • CommentTimeDec 14th 2014
     
    Can you put a link to the pdf, assuming you downloaded it.
    • CommentAuthorward32
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2014
     
    Here is one of the pages of the data sheet, no link as it was direct from the window manufacturer. It would be great if I could find similar test results from a range of suppliers! All test data is the same but for different window formats.

    Does anyone know where I could see some comparable data from different window suppliers?
    • CommentAuthorward32
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2014
     
    The other pages are the same except for the last which details U values.
    • CommentAuthorward32
    • CommentTimeDec 17th 2014
     
    Can anyone help?
  1.  
    The industry standard for classification of window air permeability is EN 12207, as in the certificate
    you’ve provided. It would typically be on a CE Declaration of Performance - (but not mandatory for the UK DoP) that every manufacturer should now be providing.

    The testing is carried out as prescribed in EN 1026.
    3m³/h m² overall window area & 0.75m³/h m opening joint length @100Pa is the maximum limit that has to be met to achieve Class 4. I would be sure that the tested window would have come in quiet a bit lower as it would be surprising not to get to Class 4 – particularly on a window that has been ‘prepared’ for such a test. On a good window the air leakage will be very close to the x-axis even at 600Pa -the actual testing involves pressure differentials of up to 600Pa. The reference air permeability for classification (comparative) purposes is 100Pa
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