Description
Building enclosure commissioning (BECx) is more frequently being required for new construction, and as BECx becomes more common, the gray areas and requirements of BECx are being more heavily scrutinized and questioned. One of the more frequent questions with respect to the building enclosure is related to performance testing; more specifically, how much water testing is required for a new building? While testing procedures and criteria are thoroughly developed and can be readily understood, there currently is no industry-wide agreement or consensus for the extent or quantity of field water performance testing. This presentation will attempt to address the field-testing quantity question through an analysis of existing, yet vague, industry guidelines. Typical buildings and assumptions will be used to show example calculations for determining a sample testing size—specifically for ASTM E1105 testing. The calculated sample testing size will be compared against typical testing requirements, and conclusions will be presented that summarize the results and other factors that should be accounted for when determining field testing quantities. This presentation was initially presented at the 2020 BES Symposium.
Jeff Crowe, PE, BECxP
Pie Consulting & Engineering | Arvada, CO
Jeff Crowe has been with Pie Consulting & Engineering since 2010. As a member of and technical director for Pie’s Building Science Group, he is part of a team that regularly reviews building enclosure drawings and details and frequently performs building enclosure field testing. He has provided consultation for architects, contractors, and owners for appropriate testing and has also presented on several technical topics with respect to building enclosure testing. He was a contributing author to the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Air Leakage Test Protocol for Building Envelopes.
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