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The PNNL paper provides guidelines for EnergyPlus users and is applicable for most new commercial building modeling. The biggest challenge in modeling infiltration is that it is tempting to use this as a fudge factor when calibrating existing building energy modeling. If fan pressurization test data or other reliable ACH data is available, then I would recommend using these.