Dear all,
I have an office room located inside a gymnasium space. The gymnasium is conditioned by an AHU, while the office room has an FCU.
For the office room, fresh air is not provided separately through a dedicated fresh air duct. Instead, the exhaust rate in the office is higher than the supply, causing a negative pressure in the office, and consequently air will flow from the ventilated gymnasium towards the office through infiltration/cracks.
If this infiltrated air is proven to include the minimum amount of fresh air required for the office space, is this scenario acceptable, or a separate fresh air duct is required in this case? Please note that I have around 16 cases similar to this one!
Many thanks!
Roger Chang
Principal, Energy and Engineering LeaderDLR Group | Westlake Reed Leskosky
LEEDuser Expert
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January 10, 2011 - 6:47 pm
George, this is not permitted. You will need to provide a separate fresh air duct. The reasoning is that infiltration is uncontrolled and is not filtered.