Systems and methods for controlling air properties in structures and inhibiting moisture accumulation and mold propagation in structures

A multistory structure comprising:

• a plurality of stories, each of the stories including:
• a floor,
• a ceiling, and
• a dead space disposed above the ceiling;
• one or more exterior walls, each of the one or more exterior walls including:
• an exterior wall air flow pathway;
• and
• at least one exterior wall exhaust conduit;
• a plurality of exterior window assemblies, each of the plurality of exterior window assemblies including:
• an exterior window,
• an interior window, and
• a window air pathway interposed between the exterior window and the interior window and including:
• a window air flow pathway inlet, and
• a window air flow pathway outlet,
• a plurality of interior walls, each of the interior walls including:
• an interior wall air flow pathway;
• and
• at least one interior wall outlet conduit;
• a plurality of interior spaces defined by the one or more exterior walls and interior walls;
• an air handling system comprising:
• an heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit;
• an HVAC inlet conduit including:
• an HVAC surroundings inlet conduit having:
• a surrounding inlet including:
• a surrounding inlet active control valve configured to supply unconditioned air to the HVAC unit;
• a return conditioned air conduit including:
• a return conduit active control valve configured to control an amount of exhausted conditioned air to the HVAC unit;
• a plurality of floor return conduits, each of the floor return conduits including:
• an inlet disposed in the each of the floor dead spaces including:
• a floor return conduit active control valve configured to control an amount of exhaust conditioned air supplied to the return conduit from each of the dead spaces;
• a main HVAC outlet conduit including;
• a plurality of floor outlet conduits, each of the floor outlet conduits including:
• a floor outlet conduit active control valve configured to control an amount of conditioned air supplied to each of the floors;
• a plurality of interior space outlet conduits, each of the interior space outlet conduits having:
• a plurality of interior space outlets, each of the interior space outlets having an interior space outlet conduit active control valve configured to control an amount of conditioned air supplied to each of the interior space outlets;
• and
• exterior window outlet conduit active control valves configured to control an amount of conditioned air supplied to each of the plurality of exterior windows;
• one or more HVAC exhaust conduits, each of the one or more HVAC exhaust conduits including:
• a HVAC exhaust conduit active control valve configured to control an amount of conditioned air exhausted to the surroundings;
• and
• an air flow control system including:
• a processing unit coupled to or associated with a plurality of sensors, the active control valves and the air handling system;
• one or more of the sensors is disposed in each of the interior spaces;
• one or more of the sensors is disposed in the pathways;
• wherein the processing unit is configured to:
• receive input from the sensors;
• and
• control the HVAC unit and the active control valves based on the sensor inputs to control unconditioned air flow rates into the HVAC, interior space air flow rates from the HVAC, return air flow rates into the HVAC, exhaust air flow rate to the surroundings, and pathway air flow rates through the pathways and into the surroundings.