Field measurement of ventilation rates

Indoor Air

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 97-111

  Persily, A K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow; Building performance; Field studies; Infiltration; Measurement; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFILTRATION;

AIRFLOW; BUILDING ENERGY USE; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD STUDIES; IN-BUILDINGS; KEYS PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENTS OF; VENTILATION RATE;

VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; VENTILATION;

EID: 84954362612     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12193     Document Type: Article

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