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Evaluation of Indoor Environment Characteristics through Field Measurement in Large-sized Discount Stores  

Park Byung-Yoon (Department of Architecture, Suwon Science College)
Jung Yong-Ho (Department of Architectural Environment Engineering, Chungwon University)
Ham Heung Don (Department of Indoor Environment Design, Daewon Science College)
Sohn Jang-Yeul (College of Architecture, Hanyang University)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.17, no.9, 2005 , pp. 863-872 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is important to control indoor environment for influence on health and comfort of occupants in large-sized discount stores. On the other hand large-sized discount stores have a large number of visitors, vestibules, open spaces, high energy consumption and increasing of outside air intake. This study aims to offer the design data of building services system that can save energy and control environment through field measurement selecting two large-sized discount stores. Indoor environment factors such as temperature, relative humidity, air velocity and concentrations of $CO_2$, CO gas and TSP were measured and evaluated. In each case of $CO_2$, and CO gas, its maximum values were 2,800 ppm and 20 ppm. So proper strategy for the indoor air quality is indispensable in this type of building. Dry bulb temperature varies from $18^{\circ}C$ to $28^{\circ}C$ according to a measuring point and time. From this results, it is inferred these buildings had excessive equipment capacity. In terms of economical and environmental points, these data will be utilized to the design of HVAC system of retail facilities.
Keywords
Indoor environment; Energy consumption; Large-sized discount store; Field measurement;
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