CONTAM Libraries

The following information is provided to simplify your use of CONTAM by minimizing the amount of information you are required to input into the CONTAM program. This information is provided in the form of CONTAM Library files.

To use these library files, download them to your computer and copy them to the desired location. You will then be able to access the data elements in the library files using the CONTAM Library Manager as documented in the CONTAM User Manual.

There are four types of library files available here: Airflow elements, schedules, filters and wind pressure profiles. You can view the contents of each library online, download individual library files, or simply download all libraries at once.

Report

All of the following information is presented in the appendices of the following report that you can download in PDF format.

Download NISTIR6585.pdf [198K]

All Libraries

Download all Airflow Element Libraries ALLAIRDATA.ZIP [10.5K]

Download Entire Library ALLDATA.ZIP [12.8K]

Airflow Element Libraries

Naming Convention - Because there are so many airflow elements in these library files, a naming convention was established for them.

ASHRAE Table of Residential Leakage Data

Effective leakage areas presented in Chapter 25 of the ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook.

Download CONTAM library ASHRAELA.LB3 [23.9K] - View table

Miscellaneous Residential Leakage Data

A collection of residential leakage coefficients that have been used in previous modeling studies.

Download CONTAM library RESMISC.LB3 [9.0K] - View table

Summary of Commercial and Institutional Building Airtightness Data

A summary of a database of whole building envelope leakage values from the published literature.

Download CONTAM Library CISUM.LB3 [9.3K] - View table

Miscellaneous Commercial and Institutional Building Airtightness Data

Leakage values of commercial and institutional building primarily from measurements.

Download CONTAM Library CIMISC.LB3 [8.9K] - View table

Schedule Library

Miscellaneous Schedules

Generic non-occupancy schedules used in previous modeling studies.

Download CONTAM library SCHEDULE.LB1 [6.2K] - View table

Wind Pressure Profile Library

Low-rise Building Wind Pressure Profiles

Wind pressure profiles for low-rise walls of buildings having length to width ratios of one, two and three.