Ventilation in sustainable office buildings

Abstract

In this bachelors thesis I wanted to develop a theme of ventilation system in sustainable office buildings. I discover the term sustainable and find what requirements it has. My thesis consists of two parts. The first one is theoretical part. In this part I write about sustainability of buildings. I use European standards and bring the information about thermal environment from there. I write about categories of buildings and what parameters has each category. Then I collect the ventilation system, which can be suitable for sustainable office buildings. I write about systems, that have certain parameters: energy efficiency, providing good indoor air quality, using minimum resources.

In practical part I studied three office buildings. They were constructed and designed in different years. I did there some measurements, which help me to understand the situation with thermal climate in these buildings. I explored, how the ventilation systems changed through years, what developments were used and what else can be done for sustainability of these buildings. I find the building where ventilation system meets all the requirements for sustainable building.