Describes a study of air humidification in the Pasila Office Center, which is a modern eight-floor office buildings of 2150 workers in Helsinki, Finland. A comparison was done between the occurrence of symptoms and complaints among the workers in the humidified part of the building and the symptoms and complaints of workers in similar nonhumidified rooms during February, March and April. Significantly less dryness of skin, throat and nose and nasal obstruction as well as sensation of air dryness was reported by the workers in the humidified part.
In discussion with the person in charge of provision for the many swimming pools in the Paris region, both municipal and school, the article gives and overview of the problems to be tackled in terms of dehumidification.
States that quite simple formulae can be used for humid air, but that this is not the case for humid temperature. Gives an overview of the iterative method to be used in this case.
Brief article introducing issues in the topic of thermal comfort standards and outlining papers from a recent conference on the subject held at Windsor, UK.
Economic and polyvalent, numerical simulation, or computational fluid dynamics (CFD) lends itself to the topic of air diffusion. An overview of this useful modelling strategy.
Describes how CSTB undertook an experimental study of three schools in the Paris region to get to know the real quality of indoor air in educational buildings.
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