THE VIDEO SHELF · home energy efficiency testing
Blower Door Test
Matt Risinger demonstrates a blower door test on a house, using a fan to measure air leakage and find where air gets in and out. It shows how the test reveals the quality of the build.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a good look at how blower door tests measure a home's energy efficiency and expose cut corners.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Matt Risinger
- Topic
- home energy efficiency testing
- Format
- tutorial
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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A blower door test is a great measure of a homes energy efficiency and it's quite cheap to have done. Not sure if YT links are OK but check out Matt Risinger Blower Door Test [VIDEO]
FidelCashflow on Hacker News · 2017-09
In Simple Techniques for Lowering the Cost of Zero-Energy Homes> You’re describing my situation. How do you de-leakify a house? Do a blower door test and see where the air is coming in/out: * [LINK] * [VIDEO] * [LINK] Then plug the holes.
throw0101a on Hacker News · 2023-07
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