ventilation VCO2

The field of building ventilation and indoor air quality (IAQ) often employs indoor CO2 concentrations as an indicator of outdoor air ventilation rates and, in some cases, as a contaminant impacting human health and comfort. Many of these applications require CO2 emission rates from building occupants (VCO2), which can be predicted based on occupant characteristics (e.g., body mass, sex, age) and activity level (e.g., sleeping, exercise, resting). In some applications, this information is fairly well known.