TY - JOUR TI - Airtightness of the large panel buildings before and after thermal modernization AU - Dębowski, Jacek AU - Nowak, Katarzyna AU - Nowak-Dzieszko, Katarzyna TI - Airtightness of the large panel buildings before and after thermal modernization AB - The airtightness measurements of the system buildings are very important. They allow, together with the infrared tests, to verify all undesirable system joint leaks, which significantly increase the heating energy needs. In the article the results of airtightness measurements of two flats, built in system W-70, were presented. One of the buildings is after thermal modernization. During the leakage tests the system joints were monitored with the infrared camera. Thermograms, presented in the paper, confirmed the assumption about the negative influence of joints on the total building airtightness. Described tests are a pilot studies of the problem and provide the starting point to the further measurements on the statistical level. VL - 2014 IS - Architecture Issue 8 A (15) 2014 PY - 2014 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 129 EP - 136 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.14.198.3286 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/airtightness-of-the-large-panel-buildings-before-and-after-thermal-modernization KW - building airtightness KW - n50 coefficient KW - large panel buildings KW - system buildings KW - panel joints