Ventilation and air pollution: strategies for buildings located in urban areas.

Gives a brief account of some of the parameters that are important in understanding the interactions of the external environment with the indoor environment, in order to enable the development of low energy ventilation solutions for buildings in urban locations with regard to indoor air quality and thermal comfort. Also describes work that is being carried out at the Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE) in the UK to address them. Considers the building contamination process, types of external pollutants, external pollutant sources, and results from studies at BRE, together with an overview of current work.