Ventilation measurements in the Norris Cotton Federal Office Building in Manchester, NH

Hunt C.M.

Hunt C.M.

air change rate, air quality, carbon dioxide, ventilation needs, tracer gas, high rise building, office building, sulphur hexafluoride

Year:

1979

Bibliographic info:

ASHRAE Trans. vol.85 no.1 p.828-839

Reports measurements of ventilation rate in specially designed low energy office building. Air change rates were measured using sulphur hexafluoride as a tracer gas and air samples were analyzed for carbon dioxide. Gives tables of results. Discusses analysis of ventilation from CO2 data. Concludes that most of the spaces in the building were operating at or above recommended levels.

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