The impact of ventilation rates on the design of office buildings

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · ASHRAE Trans.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6143563

Ross, H; Birdsall, B; Goodman, M

ASHRAE recently updated its ventilation standard, 62-73 (now 62-81). In its updated version, the minimum and recommended ventilation rates have been deleted; instead, ventilation levels have been proposed for nonsmoking and smoking environments, with the latter requiring four to five times the rate of ventilation air. A study was conducted to determine the impact of different ventilation rates on office building energy use, first cost, and peak electrical demand. Also studied was the effectiveness of a variety of design strategies for mitigating the impacts. The study was conducted by simulating with the DOE-2.1 computer program/sup 2/ an energy-efficient office building in five cities. The cities were selected because of their growing metropolitan populations and new commercial construction.

• Research Organization: Dept. of Energy, Office of Building Energy Research and Development
• OSTI ID: 6143563
• Report Number(s): CONF-820112-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: ASHRAE Trans.; (United States) Journal Volume: 88
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320102* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Office Buildings-- (-1987)
ARCHITECTURE
BUILDINGS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DEMAND
DESIGN
ENERGY DEMAND
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OFFICE BUILDINGS
PEAK LOAD
PROGRAMMING
SIMULATION
STANDARDS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
VENTILATION SYSTEMS