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Ventilation with Heat/Energy Recovery or Smart Controls

Ventilation includes energy-recovery / heat-recovery (ERV/HRV) or smart-control features.

Spec

Ventilation includes energy-recovery / heat-recovery (ERV/HRV) or smart-control features.

Applies uniformly from Platinum upward.

Scope

The whole-house ventilation system, building on the Silver and Gold ventilation requirements.

Requirements

  1. 01.

    Ventilation must include heat recovery (HRV) or energy recovery (ERV) with a minimum 70% sensible recovery efficiency.

  2. 02.

    OR the system must include smart-control features (CO2 demand-controlled, occupancy-triggered, scheduled per-room boost).

  3. 03.

    Either pathway must include continuous monitoring of supply CFM and integration with the IAQ sensor required at Gold.

Documentation

Evidence the inspector / Institute will need.

  1. 01.

    HRV/ERV spec showing SRE ≥ 70%, OR smart-control system spec showing the demand-control logic.

  2. 02.

    Photo of installed unit and control interface.

  3. 03.

    Integration documentation showing the IAQ sensor → ventilation control link.

Guidance

Smart-control ventilation

Demand-controlled ventilation throttles based on actual indoor air quality — runs harder when CO2 is high (people present) or when PM2.5 spikes (cooking, wildfire). Result: same air quality as continuous-run ventilation with 30-50% less fan energy and less conditioned-air exhaust.