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    The document lists recommended air change rates per hour for various indoor spaces. Air change rates range from 2-30 changes per hour depending on the type of room or building. Some common recommendations include 4 changes per hour for general indoor spaces, 8-15 changes per hour for auditoriums, cafeterias, churches, and theaters, and 20-30 changes per hour for bars, clubs, nightclubs, and taverns. The rates vary according to the activities in each space.

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    The document lists recommended air change rates per hour for various indoor spaces. Air change rates range from 2-30 changes per hour depending on the type of room or building. Some common recommendations include 4 changes per hour for general indoor spaces, 8-15 changes per hour for auditoriums, cafeterias, churches, and theaters, and 20-30 changes per hour for bars, clubs, nightclubs, and taverns. The rates vary according to the activities in each space.

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    The document lists recommended air change rates per hour for various indoor spaces. Air change rates range from 2-30 changes per hour depending on the type of room or building. Some common recommendations include 4 changes per hour for general indoor spaces, 8-15 changes per hour for auditoriums, cafeterias, churches, and theaters, and 20-30 changes per hour for bars, clubs, nightclubs, and taverns. The rates vary according to the activities in each space.

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    The document lists recommended air change rates per hour for various indoor spaces. Air change rates range from 2-30 changes per hour depending on the type of room or building. Some common recommendations include 4 changes per hour for general indoor spaces, 8-15 changes per hour for auditoriums, cafeterias, churches, and theaters, and 20-30 changes per hour for bars, clubs, nightclubs, and taverns. The rates vary according to the activities in each space.

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    The table below indicates recommended air change rates (air changes per hour) in some common

    types of rooms and buildings:

    Building / Room

    Air Change Rates


    -n(1/h, h-1)

    All spaces in general

    min 4

    Attic spaces for cooling

    12 - 15

    Auditoriums

    8 - 15

    Bakeries

    20

    Banks

    4 - 10

    Barber Shops

    6 - 10

    Bars

    20 - 30

    Beauty Shops

    6 - 10

    Boiler rooms

    15 - 20

    Bowling Alleys

    10 - 15

    Cafeterias

    12 - 15

    Churches

    8 - 15

    Club rooms

    12

    Clubhouses

    20 - 30

    Cocktail Lounges

    20 - 30

    Building / Room

    Air Change Rates


    -n(1/h, h-1)

    Computer Rooms

    15 - 20

    Court Houses

    4 - 10

    Dental Centers

    8 - 12

    Department Stores

    6 - 10

    Dining Halls

    12 -15

    Dining rooms (restaurants)

    12

    Dress Shops

    6 - 10

    Drug Shops

    6 - 10

    Engine rooms

    4-6

    Factory buildings, ordinary

    2-4

    Factory buildings, fumes and moisture

    10 - 15

    Fire Stations

    4 - 10

    Foundries

    15 - 20

    Galvanizing plants

    20 - 30

    Garages repair

    20 - 30

    Garages storage

    4-6

    Building / Room

    Air Change Rates


    -n(1/h, h-1)

    Homes, night cooling

    10 - 18

    Jewelry shops

    6 - 10

    Kitchens

    15 - 60

    Laundries

    10 - 15

    Libraries, public

    Lunch Rooms

    12 -15

    Luncheonettes

    12 -15

    Nightclubs

    20 - 30

    Malls

    6 - 10

    Medical Centers

    8 - 12

    Medical Clinics

    8 - 12

    Medical Offices

    8 - 12

    Mills, paper

    15 - 20

    Mills, textile general buildings

    Mills, textile dye houses

    15 - 20

    Municipal Buildings

    4 - 10

    Building / Room

    Air Change Rates


    -n(1/h, h-1)

    Museums

    12 -15

    Offices, public

    Offices, private

    Police Stations

    4 - 10

    Post Offices

    4 - 10

    Precision Manufacturing

    10 - 50

    Pump rooms

    Restaurants

    8 - 12

    Retail

    6 - 10

    School Classrooms

    4 - 12

    Shoe Shops

    6 - 10

    Shopping Centers

    6 - 10

    Shops, machine

    Shops, paint

    15 - 20

    Shops, woodworking

    Substation, electric

    5 - 10

    Building / Room

    Air Change Rates


    -n(1/h, h-1)

    Supermarkets

    4 - 10

    Town Halls

    4 - 10

    Taverns

    20 - 30

    Theaters

    8 - 15

    Turbine rooms, electric

    5 - 10

    Warehouses

    Waiting rooms, public

    Note that in many cases local regulations and codes will govern the ventilation requirements.
    The fresh air supply to a room can be calculated as

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