Air Change Rates For Typical Rooms and Buildings

Air Change Rates for typical Rooms and Buildings
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Fresh air requirements - recommended air change rates - ACH - for some typical rooms and buildings - auditoriums, kitchens, churches
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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:
Air Change Rates

Building / Room
-n-1
(1/h, h )
All spaces in general
min 4
Assembly halls
4-6
Attic spaces for cooling
12 - 15
Auditoriums
8 - 15
Bakeries
20 - 30
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
Classrooms
6 - 20
Club rooms
12
Clubhouses
20 - 30
Cocktail Lounges
20 - 30
Computer Rooms
15 - 20
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Court Houses
4 - 10
Dance halls
6-9
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
Hospital rooms
4-6
Jewelry shops
6 - 10
Kitchens
15 - 60
Laundries
10 - 15
Libraries, public
Lunch Rooms
12 -15
Luncheonettes
12 -15
Nightclubs
20 - 30
Machine shops
6 - 12
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
Photo dark rooms
10 - 15
Pig houses
6 - 10
Police Stations
4 - 10
Post Offices
4 - 10
Poultry houses
6 - 10
Precision Manufacturing
10 - 50
Pump rooms
Residences
1-2

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
Swimming pools
20 - 30
Town Halls
4 - 10
Taverns
20 - 30
Theaters
8 - 15
Transformer rooms
10 - 30
Turbine rooms, electric
5 - 10
Warehouses
Waiting rooms, public
Warehouses
6 - 30
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 = n V (1)
where
3
q = fresh air supply (ft /h, m /h)

-1
n = air change rate (h )

3
V = volume of room (ft , m )
Example - Fresh Air Supply to a Public Library

3
The fresh air supply to a public library with volume 1000 m can be calculated as
-1
Q = (4 h ) (1000 m )
3
= 4000 m /h
Air Volume Calculator

-1
No. of Changes per Hour (h )
1000
Room Volume (m , ft )
Calculate!
Air Change Out Frequency in minutes

Air Change Out Frequency in minutes can be calculated as
nm = 60 / n (2)
where
nm = Air Change Out Frequency (minutes)
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