AIR CHANGE RATES (ACR)

NO BUILDING /ROOM
(1/ hr)
1 All spaces in general Min 4
2 Court Houses 4 - 10
3 Attic spaces for cooling Dec-15
4 Dental Centers 8 - 12  8 - 12
5 Auditoriums  8 – 15
6 Department Stores  6 - 10
7 Bakeries  20
8 Dining Halls Dec-15
9 Banks 4 – 10
10 Dining rooms (restaurants)  12
11 Barber Shops 6-Oct
12 Dress Shops  6 - 10
13 Bars 20 – 30
14 Drug Shops  6 - 10
15 Beauty Shops  6 - 10
16 Engine rooms  4 - 6
17 Boiler rooms 15 - 20
18 Factory buildings, ordinary 2 - 4  2 – 4
19 Bowling Alleys Oct-15
20 Factory buildings, fumes and moisture Oct-15
21 Cafeterias Dec-15
22 Fire Stations  4 - 10
23 Churches 8 – 15
24 Foundries 15 - 20
25 Club rooms 12
26 Galvanizing plants 20 - 30
27 Clubhouses 20 - 30
28 Garages repair 20 - 30
29 Cocktail Lounges 20 - 30
30 Garages storage 4-Jun
31 Computer Rooms 15 - 20
32 Homes, night cooling Oct-18
33 Laundries 10 – 15
34  Jewelry shops  6 - 10
35 Libraries, public  4
36 Kitchens 15 - 60
37 Lunch Rooms Dec-15
38 Restaurants 8-Dec
39 Luncheonettes Dec-15
40 Retail  6 - 10
41 Nightclubs  20 - 30
42 School Classrooms  4 - 12
43 Malls 6 – 10
44  Shoe Shops  6 - 10
45 Medical Centers 8 – 12
46 Shopping Centers  6 - 10
47 Medical Clinics  8 – 12
48 Shops, machine  5
49 Medical Offices 8-Dec
50 Shops, paint 15 - 20 15 - 20
51 Mills, paper 15 - 20
52 Shops, woodworking 5 5
53 Mills, textile general buildings 4
54 Substation, electric 5 – 10
55 Mills, textile dye houses  15 - 20
56  Supermarkets  4 - 10
57 Municipal Buildings  4 - 10
58  Town Halls  4 - 10
59 Museums  12 -15
60 Taverns 20 - 30
61 Offices, public  3
62 Theaters  8 – 15
63 Offices, private 4 Turbine rooms, electric  5 - 10
64 Police Stations  4 - 10
65  Warehouses  2
66 Post Offices  4 - 10
67  Waiting rooms, public  4
68 Precision Manufacturing Oct-50
69 Pump rooms  5