Comment by schiffern
20 hours ago
>they didn't want to stop air coming in
They did, though! The entire point of positively pressurizing a structure is that any small leaks will instead result in clean air leaking out, which prevents dirty air from leaking in. This is how (most) cleanrooms work.
That's so the one central point of air ingress is the one with the filter. Air still gets in - through the filter.
Bingo.
The neat thing is, if you're already accepting this heat loss penalty anyway (in the service of positive pressure), it greatly reduces or even eliminates the ERV you need to maintain good indoor CO2. So in addition to better indoor AQI, positive pressure can greatly reduce total equipment cost.
Seems like a win/win to me!
Buckminster Fuller proposed a similar scheme in his Dymaxion House (even removing dust via baseboard vents), but it used passive heating and cooling so there was little penalty.
Are you an AI? You just spent several comments arguing against something you now claim to agree with.
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