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Table 1 Estimated ventilation rate distributions in European countries [17]

From: Reducing burden of disease from residential indoor air exposures in Europe (HEALTHVENT project)

 

Air exchange rate

Ventilation rate per occupant

Country

Mean

Median

One-GSD

Mean

Median

One-GSD

rangea

rangea

 

h−1

h−1

h−1

lps pp

lps pp

lps pp

Austria

0.9

0.7

(0.4-1.3)

25

21

(11.1-39.1)

Belgium

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.1)

17

14

(7.6-26.7)

Bulgaria

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.1)

15

12

(6.4-22.3)

Cyprus

1.2

1.0

(0.5-1.9)

24

20

(10.6-37.2)

Czech Republic

0.6

0.5

(0.3-1.0)

14

11

(6.0-21.1)

Denmark

0.7

0.5

(0.3-1.0)

24

20

(10.4-36.6)

Estonia

0.7

0.5

(0.3-1.0)

13

10

(5.5-19.4)

Finland

0.7

0.5

(0.3-1.0)

17

14

(7.5-26.3)

France

0.6

0.5

(0.3-1.0)

18

14

(7.7-27.1)

Germany

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.0)

20

17

(8.8-31.0)

Greece

1.0

0.8

(0.4-1.5)

20

17

(8.8-30.9)

Hungary

0.8

0.6

(0.3-1.2)

16

13

(6.8-24.0)

Ireland

0.6

0.5

(0.3-0.9)

14

12

(6.2-21.9)

Italy

0.8

0.6

(0.3-1.2)

21

17

(9.2-32.4)

Latvia

0.7

0.5

(0.3-1.0)

11

9

(4.9-17.2)

Lithuania

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.0)

11

9

(4.9-17.3)

Luxembourg

0.9

0.7

(0.4-1.3)

32

26

(14.1-49.5)

Netherlands

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.0)

21

17

(9.1-32.1)

Poland

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.1)

11

9

(4.8-16.7)

Portugal

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.1)

15

12

(6.6-23.1)

Romania

0.8

0.6

(0.3-1.2)

7

6

(3.2-11.1)

Slovakia

0.8

0.6

(0.3-1.2)

12

10

(5.1-17.9)

Slovenia

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.1)

13

11

(5.9-20.7)

Spain

0.8

0.7

(0.3-1.2)

20

17

(8.9-31.3)

Sweden

0.6

0.5

(0.3-1.0)

20

17

(9.0-31.5)

UK

0.6

0.5

(0.3-0.9)

15

13

(6.8-23.8)

EU-26

0.7

0.6

(0.3-1.1)

17

14

(7.3-25.6)

  1. a(median/GSD, median x GSD), GSD = Geometric Standard Deviation