- Applies to
- designer
- Work types
- new construction · air leakage testing
- Document date
- November 2022
- Building types
- large buildings · multizone buildings
The City of Toronto City Planning guideline on whole building air leakage testing, prepared with WSP Canada, Ryerson University's Department of Architectural Science and RDH Building Science, and read alongside ASTM E3158-18. Four pages set the testing target of 2.0 L/s m² at 75 Pa, the procedure for whole-building and guarded testing including how many floors a sampling covers, the test-day conditions and tester qualifications, a list of reference standards, and what Tier 2 third party verification takes at construction documents and project completion.
What it covers
- Purpose
- 1. Testing Target
- 2. Testing Procedures
- Test method
- 3. Reference Documents
- 4. TGS Tier 2 Submittal Requirements for Third Party Verification
- 4.1. Construction Documents (CD) Stage Submittal
- 4.2. Project Completion Submittal
- 5. Guidance
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- Publisher
- City of Toronto, City Planning Division
- Category
- Guides
- Published under
- Buildings Energy Emissions Resilience — the municipality's own heading
- Alias
- City of Toronto Guidance Document, Air Tightness Testing Protocol and Process
- Agencies
- City of Toronto City Planning · WSP Canada Inc · RDH Building Science Inc
- Instruments
- ASTM E3158-18 · ASTM E779-19 · ASTM E1827-11 · ISO 9972:2015 · CAN/CGSB-149.10-M86 · ATTMA 2015 Technical Standard L2 · Toronto Green Standard
- Tags
guidelinetoronto-green-standardair-tightnessenergycommissioning