%0 Report
%A Craig P Wray
%A Ian G Theaker
%A Peter Moffatt
%D 1998
%G eng
%T Field Testing to Characterize Suite Ventilation in Recently Constructed Mid- and High-Rise Residential Buildings
%1 <p>2.3</p>
%8 11/1998
%X <p>This report characterizes ventilation in residential suites located in ten buildings in major metropolitan areas of Canada. All buildings were between six (6) and thirty-two (32) stories high and were built between 1990 and 1995.</p><p>Ventilation in mid- and high-rise residential buildings is a particularly complex issue to investigate and to discuss in a report.</p><p>This report answers three key questions:</p><ul><li>What are the key parameters that characterize suite ventilation?</li><li>What field tests are required to collect data that determine these parameters?</li><li>Based in field tests of ten suites, what are their ventilation characteristics?</li></ul><p>The field performance tests showed suite ventilation to be highly influenced by weather, suite location within the building, and treatment of both interior and corridor access doors. As a result, ventilation within a suite at any given time is very difficult to predict. The test results also showed there are substantial amounts of transfer air entering the test suites.</p><p>To ensure suite ventilation is both controlled and adequate under normal operating conditions, the building industry will need to develop and follow a strict set of ventilation design practices.</p>