Conference proceeding
INDOOR AIR QUALITY EVALUATION IN A HIGH-INTENSITY PHYSICAL ATHLETIC FACILITY: CO2 AND PM ANALYSIS
WELLBEING FOR ALL, 4TH VIBRARCH, pp 422-430
01 Jan 2025
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Abstract
Assessing indoor air quality (IAQ) in athletic facilities has become crucial to ensure a healthy environment for their occupants, a need that has increased significantly in correspondence with the active lifestyle of current society. In this study, we investigated IAQ in a cross-training facility in San Antonio, Texas, USA, across six ventilation scenarios involving open/closed doors, and the use of ceiling fans and an air filtration unit. The monitoring campaign lasted six days, during which data on carbon dioxide (CO2) and particulate matter (PM) were recorded every 5 minutes during high-intensity physical training sessions. Furthermore, scenarios with closed doors were used to determine the air infiltration rate of the building using the tracer gas decay method with monitored CO2 data. Additionally, the deposition rates of PM potentially harmful to humans (PM2.5, PM5, and PM10) were determined based on monitored data. The deposition rates were found to be proportional to the particle diameter. Overall, this study demonstrated the effectiveness of natural ventilation in reducing indoor CO2 and PM concentrations, as scenarios with open doors showed lower values compared to those with closed doors.
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- Title
- INDOOR AIR QUALITY EVALUATION IN A HIGH-INTENSITY PHYSICAL ATHLETIC FACILITY: CO2 AND PM ANALYSIS
- Creators
- Carlos Faubel - Drexel University, Architecture, Design, and UrbanismAntonio Martinez Molina - Drexel University, Architecture, Design, and Urbanism
- Publication Details
- WELLBEING FOR ALL, 4TH VIBRARCH, pp 422-430
- Publisher
- Univ Politecnica Valencia
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; Architecture, Design, and Urbanism
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001757001900033
- Other Identifier
- 991022197288804721
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