HUMIDITY CONTROL


Awareness, control and optimisation


Andrea Pagan, application manager - ventilation and systems at Carel considers how a correct ventilation system operation can help create a healthy and sustainable indoor environment.


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oday, people spend most of their time indoors (up to 90%), and it has been proven that poor indoor air quality has significant effects on health and


productivity. In addition, the Covid-19 health emergency has


considerably increased collective awareness about indoor air contamination. Regulations and guidelines issued by the leading public health bodies indicate how attention needs to be paid to many different factors involving air handling units and ventilation systems, such as managing the air change rate, the microclimatic parameters that


are important for health and the purity of the fresh air intake, as well as reconfiguration of the equipment and maintenance intervals and procedures. All of these aspects have a considerable impact on health and well-being, yet also involve an increase in energy consumption. The latest emerging challenge is therefore: can human health and ventilation system efficiency coexist? Monitoring systems, control and optimisation strategies can play a fundamental role in making the systems healthier and safer. In commercial buildings, ventilation is typically


20 March 2021


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