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  2. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S., every plumbing fixture must also be coupled to the system's vent piping. [1] Without a vent, negative pressure can slow the flow of water leaving the system, resulting in clogs, or cause siphonage to empty a trap. The high point of the vent system (the top of its "soil stack") must be open to the exterior at atmospheric pressure.

  3. Ventilation (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A smart ventilation system adjusts ventilation rates in time or by location in a building to be responsive to one or more of the following: occupancy, outdoor thermal and air quality conditions, electricity grid needs, direct sensing of contaminants, operation of other air moving and air cleaning systems. In addition, smart ventilation systems ...

  4. Radon mitigation - Wikipedia

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    High radon levels in a Minnesota (USA) basement with a passive under slab vent pipe system can be seen in the left half of the graph. After installation of a radon fan (ASD), a permanent reduction in radon levels to approximately 0.6 pCi/L can be seen in the right half of the graph. The most common approach is active soil depressurization (ASD).

  5. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    Ventilation on the downdraught system, by impulsion, or the 'plenum' principle, applied to schoolrooms (1899) Natural ventilation is the ventilation of a building with outside air without using fans or other mechanical systems. It can be via operable windows, louvers, or trickle vents when spaces are small and the architecture permits.

  6. Basement - Wikipedia

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    Older or cheaper systems may simply have the heating vent in the ceiling of the basement. The finished floor is typically raised off the concrete basement floor. In countries such as Canada, laminate flooring is an exception: It is typically separated from the concrete by only a thin foam underlay.

  7. Glossary of HVAC terms - Wikipedia

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    A damper or adjustable louver designed to augment the ventilation of a space during a fire. split system A split system is the combination of an outdoor unit and an indoor unit. This is the most common type of system. superheat The number of degrees a vapor is above its boiling point at a specific pressure. subcooling

  8. Plumbing - Wikipedia

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    Copper piping system in a building. The major categories of plumbing systems or subsystems are: [19] potable cold and hot tap water supply; plumbing drainage venting; sewage systems and septic systems with or without hot water heat recycling and graywater recovery and treatment systems; Rainwater, surface, and subsurface water drainage; fuel ...

  9. Heat recovery ventilation - Wikipedia

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    Ventilation unit with heat pump & ground heat exchanger - cooling. Heat recovery ventilation (HRV), also known as mechanical ventilation heat recovery (MVHR) is a ventilation system that recovers energy by operating between two air sources at different temperatures. It is used to reduce the heating and cooling demands of buildings.