RP-806 -- Design Criteria for Building Ventilation Inlets PDF

Impaired indoor air quality arising from the entry of polluted outdoor air through ventilation supply inlets can be expected to contribute to the discomfort and ill health of occupants. It is paramount to ensure that supply air is of good quality and that design steps are taken to make sure that contaminated outdoor air is not inadvertently introduced into a building's ventilation system. It is also important to ensure that exhaust openings and other pollutant sources are not located in the vicinity of existing supply inlets. The objective of this research is to address the problems of locating and sizing building ventilation inlets. The goals are to: a) Identify potential pollutant sources in the urban environment; b) Review current information on inlet and exhaust outlet design procedures; and c) Identify gaps in current information that need further research or quantification.

Principal Investigator: Brian A. Rock, University of Kansas

Conducted: December 1996 - November 1997

Sponsored by: TC 2.5, Air Flow Around Buildings