An energy impact assessment of ventilation for indoor airborne bacteria exposure risk in air-conditioned offices

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1939-1944

  Wong, L T ^a   Mui, K W ^a   Chan, W Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Airborne bacteria exposure level; Thermal energy consumption; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIOLOGY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); VENTILATION;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; ENERGY IMPACT; EXPOSURE LEVELS; EXPOSURE RISK; FRESH AIR; HONG KONG; INDOOR-AIR-QUALITY (IAQ); REGIONAL SURVEYS; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

AIR CONDITIONING; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VENTILATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 46049107197     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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