Minimum Outdoor Makeup Air

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The purpose of the ASHRAE 62-2004 standard is to specify the minimum ventilation rates and indoor air quality that will be acceptable to human occupants and are intended to minimize the potential for adverse health effects.

ASHRAE 62-2004 recommended minimum Outdoor Air Flow

• Range 15 - 60 cfm per person
• Most common range 15 - 35 cfm per person
• Average range 15 - 20 cfm per person

ASHRAE 62-2004 recommended maximum CO₂ Concentration

• Outdoor background level 350 ppm CO₂ in the air
• ASHRAE recommend less than 1.000 ppm CO₂ in the air
• Human discomfort begins at levels above 800 - 1.000 ppm CO₂ in the air
• Long term health effects for concentrations above 12.000 ppm CO₂ in the air

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Related Topics

• Ventilation - Systems for ventilation and air handling - air change rates, ducts and pressure drops, charts and diagrams and more

Related Documents

• ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers - ASHRAE Standards
• Rooms and Rates of Outdoor Make Up Air - Recommended rates of outdoor make up air in some common types of rooms - banks, assembly halls, hotels and many more