Modelling residential ventilation rates in European countries

Arja Asikainen; Otto Hänninen; Alexandra Kuhn; Aileen Yang; Miranda Loh; Lydia Gerharz; Nejc Brelih; Vitor Leal; Francis Allard; Pawel Wargocki; Matti Jantunen

Modelling residential ventilation rates in European countries

Arja Asikainen, Otto Hänninen, Alexandra Kuhn, Aileen Yang, Miranda Loh, Lydia Gerharz, Nejc Brelih, Vitor Leal, Francis Allard, Pawel Wargocki, Matti Jantunen

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Abstract

The ventilation rate of buildings is regulated in most European countries to ensure sufficient exchange of air to maintain a healthy indoor environment for people inside a building. Information on the actual levels of air exchange rate (AERs) is needed for estimation of the health benefits of adjusting ventilation rates, but unfortunately limited population based data are available on the measured air exchange rates in the European countries. To fill in this gap in knowledge we developed a Bayesian model to combine information from the existing measurements, national legislation and building codes, and to account for the climatological and economic trends when estimating the probability distributions of air exchange rates in 26 European countries. The results show that the mean air exchange rates vary from 0.6 (Ireland) to 1.1 (Cyprus) in European residences and the population weighted mean of the 26 European countries is 0.8.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012
Pages	599-604
Number of pages	6
State	Published - 2012
Event	10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012 - Brisbane, QLD, Australia Duration: Jul 8 2012 → Jul 12 2012

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Name	10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012
Volume	1

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Other	10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane, QLD
Period	7/8/12 → 7/12/12

Keywords

Air exchange rate
Bayesian model
Geographical variation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering

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Asikainen, A, Hänninen, O, Kuhn, A, Yang, A, Loh, M, Gerharz, L, Brelih, N, Leal, V, Allard, F, Wargocki, P & Jantunen, M 2012, Modelling residential ventilation rates in European countries. in 10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012. 10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012, vol. 1, pp. 599-604, 10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings 2012, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 7/8/12.

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