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Exfiltration

Exfiltration describes air flowing outward through the building envelope which is the opposite of infiltration. In the summer months this area will tend to be towards the lower portion of the building due to “summer stack effect”, while during the cooler months this tends to be located up higher due to normal stack effect. For MORE

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November 21, 2012 By SLS

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