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Air Changes Per Hour

The document discusses recommended air change rates per hour for proper ventilation in various indoor spaces. It provides a table listing common building and room types along with their recommended air changes per hour, ranging from 2 to 60 changes. The fresh air supply required for a space can be calculated by multiplying the air change rate by the volume of the room.

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Air Changes Per Hour

The document discusses recommended air change rates per hour for proper ventilation in various indoor spaces. It provides a table listing common building and room types along with their recommended air changes per hour, ranging from 2 to 60 changes. The fresh air supply required for a space can be calculated by multiplying the air change rate by the volume of the room.

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The volume of fresh air (make up air) required for proper ventilation is determined of the size

and use of the space.

The table below indicates recommended air change rates (air changes per hour) in some
common types of rooms and buildings:

Building / Room

Air Change Rates


-n(1/hr)

All spaces in general

min 4

Attic spaces for cooling

12 - 15

Auditoriums

8 - 15

Bakeries

20

Banks

4 - 10

Barber Shops

6 - 10

Bars

20 - 30

Beauty Shops

6 - 10

Boiler rooms

15 - 20

Bowling Alleys

10 - 15

Cafeterias

12 - 15

Churches

8 - 15

Club rooms

12

Clubhouses

20 - 30

Cocktail Lounges

20 - 30

Computer Rooms

15 - 20

Court Houses

4 - 10

Dental Centers

8 - 12

Department Stores

6 - 10

Dining Halls

12 -15

Dining rooms
(restaurants)

12

Dress Shops

6 - 10

Drug Shops

6 - 10

Engine rooms

4-6

Factory buildings,
ordinary

2-4

Factory buildings, fumes


and moisture

10 - 15

Fire Stations

4 - 10

Foundries

15 - 20

Galvanizing plants

20 - 30

Garages repair

20 - 30

Garages storage

4-6

Homes, night cooling

10 - 18

Jewelry shops

6 - 10

Kitchens

15 - 60

Laundries

10 - 15

Libraries, public

Lunch Rooms

12 -15

Luncheonettes

12 -15

Nightclubs

20 - 30

Malls

6 - 10

Medical Centers

8 - 12

Medical Clinics

8 - 12

Medical Offices

8 - 12

Mills, paper

15 - 20

Mills, textile general


buildings

Mills, textile dye houses

15 - 20

Municipal Buildings

4 - 10

Museums

12 -15

Offices, public

Offices, private

Police Stations

4 - 10

Post Offices

4 - 10

Precision Manufacturing

10 - 50

Pump rooms

Restaurants

8 - 12

Retail

6 - 10

School Classrooms

4 - 12

Shoe Shops

6 - 10

Shopping Centers

6 - 10

Shops, machine

Shops, paint

15 - 20

Shops, woodworking

Substation, electric

5 - 10

Supermarkets

4 - 10

Town Halls

4 - 10

Taverns

20 - 30

Theaters

8 - 15

Turbine rooms, electric

5 - 10

Warehouses

Waiting rooms, public

Note that in many cases local regulations and codes will govern the ventilation requirements.
The fresh air supply to a room can be calculated as
q=nV

(1)

where
q = fresh air supply (ft3/h, m3/h)
n = air change rate (1/n)
V = volume of room (ft3, m3)

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