Understand the result
What the Outdoor Air Ventilation is for
Combine visitor-entered per-person and per-area outdoor-air rates without embedding a jurisdictional table.
Air moves into, through, and out of a space. The useful check is whether every entered stream and the room or process basis are describing the same operating condition.
At a glance
See the HVAC relationship
The relationship
The formula used here
Outdoor air=people×rate/person+floor area×rate/area.
This calculator applies that relationship to your entries. Use the formula to check that the units, reference condition, and measurement location make sense together.
Field reading
Use the result as a next check
1. Describe one real condition
Enter values from the same system state, period, unit basis, and measurement location.
2. Read the relationship
Start with measured or project airflow, then compare the result with the verified design basis, capture requirement, or balance target that applies to this space.
3. Keep the boundary clear
It does not establish ventilation rates, pressure relationships, makeup-air arrangements, capture performance, or code compliance.
