- Author
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Persily, A. K.
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Dols, W. S.
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Walton, G. N.
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Zhang, J.
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Cornick, S.
- Title
- NIST/NRC Canada Indoor Air Quality Model Development. Progress Report.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Report
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Progress Report,
June 14, 1966,
4 p.
- Keywords
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air quality
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predictive models
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occupants
- Abstract
- In the fall of 1995, the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) entered into an agreement with the Institute for Research in Construction of the National Research Council Canada (NRCC) to develop a computer program to promote acceptable indoor air quality in the design and operation of buildings. This three-year effort will produce a computer program to predict ventilation performance and contaminant levels in a building before construction and occupancy and to analyze ventilation and indoor air quality in existing buildings. The agreement to develop this program combines the expertise at NRCC in building material emissions and room air motion with the long history of indoor air quality and airflow modeling at NIST. The primary elements of the program include the multizone airflow and pollutant transport model CONTAM, developed at NIST, which calculates airflow rates and contaminant concentrations in buildings, and a material emissions database and room airflow model being developed at NRCC. The program will benefit building owners, employers and building occupants by improving their ability to achieve effective ventilation and contaminant control, acceptable indoor air quality, lower operating costs, decreased health risks, and improved productivity.