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

Building / Room

Air Change Rates -n(hr-1) min 4 12 - 15 8 - 15 20 4 - 10 6 - 10 20 - 30 6 - 10 15 - 20 10 - 15 12 - 15 8 - 15 12 20 - 30 20 - 30

All spaces in general Attic spaces for cooling Auditoriums Bakeries Banks Barber Shops Bars Beauty Shops Boiler rooms Bowling Alleys Cafeterias Churches Club rooms Clubhouses Cocktail Lounges

Building / Room

Air Change Rates -n(hr-1) 15 - 20 4 - 10 8 - 12 6 - 10 12 -15 12 6 - 10 6 - 10 4-6 2-4

Computer Rooms Court Houses Dental Centers Department Stores Dining Halls Dining rooms (restaurants) Dress Shops Drug Shops Engine rooms Factory buildings, ordinary Factory buildings, fumes and moisture Fire Stations Foundries Galvanizing plants Garages repair Garages storage

10 - 15

4 - 10 15 - 20 20 - 30 20 - 30 4-6

Building / Room

Air Change Rates -n(hr-1) 10 - 18 6 - 10 15 - 60 10 - 15 4 12 -15 12 -15 20 - 30 6 - 10 8 - 12 8 - 12 8 - 12 15 - 20

Homes, night cooling Jewelry shops Kitchens Laundries Libraries, public Lunch Rooms Luncheonettes Nightclubs Malls Medical Centers Medical Clinics Medical Offices Mills, paper Mills, textile general buildings Mills, textile dye houses Municipal Buildings

15 - 20 4 - 10

Building / Room

Air Change Rates -n(hr-1) 12 -15 3 4 4 - 10 4 - 10 10 - 50 5 8 - 12 6 - 10 4 - 12 6 - 10 6 - 10 5 15 - 20 5 5 - 10

Museums Offices, public Offices, private Police Stations Post Offices Precision Manufacturing Pump rooms Restaurants Retail School Classrooms Shoe Shops Shopping Centers Shops, machine Shops, paint Shops, woodworking Substation, electric

Building / Room

Air Change Rates -n(hr-1) 4 - 10 4 - 10 20 - 30 8 - 15 5 - 10 2 4

Supermarkets Town Halls Taverns Theaters Turbine rooms, electric Warehouses Waiting rooms, public