<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This paper presents the results of the measurements and simulation of carbon dioxide concentration, as an indicator of indoor air quality, inside the master bedroom of an inhabited passive house. The measurements were taken in the autumn for a period of ten days. A series of sensors placed inside of the test object wirelessly measured the contaminant concentration every thirty seconds. The measurements were taken continuously in real time, when the occupants freely used the household. The contaminant concentration shows the impact of their activity on the air quality, as they were the only indoor air source of CO2. During the measurements, the ventilation system that the house was equipped with was manually controlled by the users according to their daily routine. Simulations were performed to determine if it was possible to recreate the measured conditions within the bedroom of the passive house. The chosen program was the CONTAM software application, a tool designed for indoor air quality and ventilation analysis, developed by NIST.</abstract>

This paper presents the results of the measurements and simulation of carbon dioxide concentration, as an indicator of indoor air quality, inside the master bedroom of an inhabited passive house. The measurements were taken in the autumn for a period of ten days. A series of sensors placed inside of the test object wirelessly measured the contaminant concentration every thirty seconds. The measurements were taken continuously in real time, when the occupants freely used the household. The contaminant concentration shows the impact of their activity on the air quality, as they were the only indoor air source of CO2. During the measurements, the ventilation system that the house was equipped with was manually controlled by the users according to their daily routine. Simulations were performed to determine if it was possible to recreate the measured conditions within the bedroom of the passive house. The chosen program was the CONTAM software application, a tool designed for indoor air quality and ventilation analysis, developed by NIST.

Measurements and simulation of CO2 concentration in a bedroom of a passive house

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Measurements and simulation of CO concentration in a bedroom of a passive house

This paper presents the results of the measurements and simulation of carbon dioxide concentration, as an indicator of indoor air quality, inside the master...

Measurements and simulation of CO₂ concentration in a bedroom of a passive house

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 163 - 179

Received: Aug 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.139.8978

Keywords
CO concentration, passive house, indoor air quality, multi-zone model, CONTAM

© 2019 Nina Szczepanik-Ścisło et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Measurements and simulation of CO2 concentration in a bedroom of a passive house

Published Online: May 21, 2020

Page range: 163 - 179

Received: Aug 10, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.139.8978

KeywordsCO concentration, passive house, indoor air quality, multi-zone model, CONTAM

© 2019 Nina Szczepanik-Ścisło et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Measurements and simulation of CO₂ concentration in a bedroom of a passive house

Keywords
CO concentration, passive house, indoor air quality, multi-zone model, CONTAM