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Estimation Of Bias With The Single-Zone Assumption In Measurement Of Residential Air Exchange Using The Perfluorocarbon Tracer Gas Method, K Van Ryswyk, L. Wallace, D. Fugler, M. Macneill, M. E. Heroux, M. D. Gibson, J. R. Guernsey, W. Kindzierski, A. J. Wheeler Jan 2015

Estimation Of Bias With The Single-Zone Assumption In Measurement Of Residential Air Exchange Using The Perfluorocarbon Tracer Gas Method, K Van Ryswyk, L. Wallace, D. Fugler, M. Macneill, M. E. Heroux, M. D. Gibson, J. R. Guernsey, W. Kindzierski, A. J. Wheeler

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Residential air exchange rates (AERs) are vital in understanding the temporal and spatial drivers of indoor air quality (IAQ). Several methods to quantify AERs have been used in IAQ research, often with the assumption that the home is a single, well‐mixed air zone. Since 2005, Health Canada has conducted IAQ studies across Canada in which AERs were measured using the perfluorocarbon tracer (PFT) gas method. Emitters and detectors of a single PFT gas were placed on the main floor to estimate a single‐zone AER (AER1z). In three of these studies, a second set of emitters and detectors were deployed in …