Modeling impacts of ventilation and filtration methods on energy use and airborne disease transmission in classrooms.

ABSTRACT: Lowering the potential of airborne disease transmission in school buildings is especially important in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The benefits of increased ventilation and filtration for reducing disease transmission compared to drawbacks of reduced thermal comfort and increased energy consumption and electricity demand are not well described. A comprehensive simulation of outdoor air ventilation rates and filtration methods was performed with a modified Wells-Riley equation and EnergyPlus building simulation to understand the trade-offs between infection probability and energy consumption for a simulated classroom in 13 cities across the US. A packaged heating, ventilation, and air conditioning unit was configured, sized, and simulated for each city to understand the impact of fiv

SUBMITTER: Pistochini T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9225931 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature