A novel approach of integrating ventilation and air cleaning for sustainable and healthy office environments

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-42

  Han, Kwanghoon ^a   Zhang, Jensen S ^a   Guo, Bing ^a  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air cleaning; Energy efficient exposure reduction; Formaldehyde; Ventilation; Whole building simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANING; BUILDING SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS; EXPOSURE REDUCTION; INTEGRATION APPROACH; OUTDOOR AIR QUALITIES; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; INTEGRATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84897842774     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.02.055     Document Type: Article

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