California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE)

The broad goals of this project are: 1) to determine if ventilation and indoor air quality, in a population of new, production-built, single-family, detached houses built to 2001 Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, are acceptable based on available guidelines; and 2) to describe the influence of selected key factors, including occupant behaviors, on ventilation rates and indoor air quality in these houses. Achieving these goals within a short timeline is necessary to meet the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) summer 2005 deadline for the project to significantly inform the Title 24 Standards revision process.