Mechanical Ventilation Systems with Heat Recovery for Refurbishment Projects and New Buildings
Tomme: LX (LXIV) Fascicle: 2 | 2014
Pages: 39-50
Abstract text:
Indoor air quality is important to human health because we spend over 80% of our time indoors. Tight insulation, too much humidity and other factors can lead to unhealthy air in our home or workplace, causing a number of health problems. In today’s energy-conscious world, the regulation of thermal performance of buildings has created a need for more efficient ventilation systems to minimise heat loss and unneccessary energy consumption. It has also become increasingly obvious that traditional ventilation methods, like opening a window or use of a common bath fan, do not provide adequate ventilation. A properly designed and installed ventilation system is the solution to moisture control and will help to ensure a healthy indoor environment for the occupant. This paper discusses about heat/energy recovery systems in building and types of heat/energy recovery. The mechanical ventilation systems use fans to maintain a low-velocity flow of fresh outdoor air into the house (incoming air stream) while exhausting out an equal amount of stale indoor air (exhaust air stream).
Key Words:
energy recovery ventilators; heat recovery ventilators; improve indoor air quality; heat supply systems; efficient ventilation systems.
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