| Title |
Assessment of Indoor Air Quality and Energy Consumption in Office Buildings according to the Automatic Control Method of Ventilation Systems |
| Authors |
Kim Sam-Uel ; Kim Se-Hwan |
| Keywords |
Ventilation System ; Indoor Air Quality ; Energy Consumption ; Automatic Control |
| Abstract |
The issue of indoor air quality is very important as well as that of energy efficiency for building operation. However, the two issues, indoor air quality and energy consumption, are conflict each other. A proper air quality in a building requires enough ventilation, which leads to increase heating and/or cooling loads. Minimum amount of ventilation for acceptable indoor air quality is very important for solving both indoor air quality and energy efficiency problems. In order to get the targets, ventilation systems usually use automatic control systems. This paper looks at the different automatic control systems for ventilation to get a reasonable indoor air quality. Two similar sized buildings in Busan were chosen to compare the appropriateness of control systems for ventilation. Then the monthly energy consumption of those buildings for a year were investigated. With a similar indoor air quality, energy consumptions for ventilation systems are different according to the automatic control systems. The result might be useful to select an automatic control system for energy efficient ventilation with acceptable indoor air quality. |