Conference paper
CO2 Emission Rates from Humans at Light Activity (ICHEAR project)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration has been used as a marker of ventilation effectiveness in the presence of people and as a marker of indoor air quality. CO2 concentration indoors is a result of the rate at which outdoor air is supplied indoors as well as the emission rate of CO2. The main source of CO2 indoors is humans.
The emission rate depends on the metabolic processes and energy expenditure; other factors may affect production rate and respiration, such as temperature and elevated levels of pollutants, and consequently, the emission rate. There are methods to estimate the emission rates of CO2 from humans. Still, there are limited data from actual measurements of emission rates from humans under controlled environmental conditions and metabolic rates.
The present study filled this gap by estimating CO2 emission rates from humans at the light activity. The study is a part of a larger project ICHEAR aiming at examining the emission rates from humans and their transformations in indoor environments.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Pages: | 2452-2453 |
| Proceedings: | 16th Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality & ClimateInternational Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate |
| Journal subtitle: | Proceedings of a Meeting Held 1 November 2020, Online |
| ISBN: | 1713823608 and 9781713823605 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| ORCIDs: | Bekö, Gabriel and Wargocki, Pawel |
