Achieving 'excellent' indoor air quality in commercial offices equipped with air-handling unit - Respirable suspended particulate

Indoor Air

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-97

  Lam, K S ^a   Chan, F S ^a   Fung, W Y ^a   Lui, B S S ^b   Lau, L W L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Hysan Development Company Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air handling unit; Cleaning rate; Filters; Indoor air quality; Offices; Respirable suspended particulates

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BANDPASS FILTERS; EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

AIR-HANDLING UNIT; CLEANING RATE; FILTER; HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR FILTERS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; OFFICE; OUTDOOR AIR; RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATE; RETURN AIRS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 33644681944     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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