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Another solution I have thought about is simple increasing the amount of fresh air brought into an indoor space. Laboratories, wood-working shops and other spaces that can produce unhealthy air have extremely high Air Change per Hour (ACH)[1] requirements. It's wasteful[2] since you also have to condition that air, but it seems like a simple solution to ensuring we dilute air swarming with potential virus.

[1] https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/air-change-rate-room-d_86...

[2] You can limit it a little bit with demand control ventilation, which monitors C02 exhaled by occupants and tunes ventilation accordingly.




> It's wasteful since you also have to condition

Heat exchangers can help, but it's still obviously less efficient.


Yes, and another big saver would be certain types of heat recovery system[1] that will allow you to recover the heat added to the supply air from the exhaust air without mixing (and thereby polluting) the air streams.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_recovery_ventilation#:~:t....




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