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Ventilation

ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ

๐Ÿ“ Building Design & Envelope
๐Ÿ› ASHRAE ยท Dubai Municipality ยท Al Sa’fat ยท UAE Fire Code
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE Regulatory Context

ASHRAE 62.1
Primary Ventilation Standard
10 L/s
Min. Outdoor Air per Person โ€” Offices
ERV
Key Energy Recovery Technology
Mandatory
Mechanical Ventilation UAE High-Rise
English Term
Ventilation

Arabic Term
ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ

Authority / Standard
ASHRAE ยท Dubai Municipality ยท Al Sa’fat ยท UAE Fire Code

Key Standards
ASHRAE 62.1 ยท ASHRAE 170 ยท Al Sa’fat ยท UAE Fire and Life Safety Code ยท BS EN 15251

Tags
VentilationASHRAE 62.1IAQAl Sa’fatMechanical VentilationERV
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
English Definition

The intentional introduction of outdoor air into a building to dilute and remove indoor pollutants, control humidity, and maintain occupant health and comfort โ€” a mandatory requirement under ASHRAE 62.1 and UAE green building regulations, balanced against the energy cost of conditioning incoming outdoor air.

The Purpose of Ventilation

Ventilation is the process of introducing outdoor air into a building to replace or dilute stale indoor air โ€” removing carbon dioxide, body odours, volatile organic compounds, moisture, and other pollutants generated by occupant activities and building materials. Adequate ventilation is a fundamental requirement for occupant health: insufficient ventilation concentrates pollutants, raises COโ‚‚ levels, promotes moisture accumulation and mould growth, and is directly linked to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) symptoms including headaches, fatigue, and respiratory irritation.

Ventilation Strategies

Three primary ventilation strategies are applicable in buildings. Natural ventilation uses wind pressure and buoyancy to drive air movement through openings in the building envelope โ€” highly energy-efficient but limited in applicability in the UAE due to extreme outdoor temperatures, high humidity, dust, and urban noise. Natural ventilation is most viable in transitional season periods (Octoberโ€“November and Marchโ€“April in the UAE) and in certain low-rise residential typologies. Mechanical ventilation uses fans and ductwork to supply filtered outdoor air to occupied spaces and extract stale air โ€” the standard approach in UAE commercial buildings. Mixed-mode ventilation combines natural and mechanical approaches, switching between strategies depending on outdoor conditions โ€” an increasingly explored strategy for UAE buildings seeking to reduce mechanical ventilation energy consumption during the cooler months.

ASHRAE 62.1 Requirements and Energy Implications

The ventilation standard for commercial buildings in the UAE is ASHRAE 62.1, which specifies minimum outdoor air supply rates for different occupancy categories: for typical office spaces, the minimum is approximately 10 litres per second per person plus a floor area component. These rates must be maintained under all occupied conditions by the HVAC system’s fresh air handling equipment.

Ventilation represents a significant energy cost in the UAE โ€” incoming outdoor air at 42ยฐC and high humidity must be cooled and dehumidified to supply air conditions before reaching the occupied space. Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs) recover heat and moisture from the exhaust air stream to pre-condition the incoming outdoor air, reducing the ventilation energy penalty by 50โ€“70%. Under Al Sa’fat and LEED, ERVs on ventilation systems earn energy performance credits, and ventilation rates above the minimum earn indoor environment quality credits โ€” creating alignment between indoor air quality and energy efficiency objectives.

Arabic / ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ
ุงู„ุชุนุฑูŠู ุจุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช

ุงู„ุฅุฏุฎุงู„ ุงู„ู…ุชุนู…ูŽู‘ุฏ ู„ู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุจู†ู‰ ู„ุชุฎููŠู ุงู„ู…ู„ูˆุซุงุช ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠุฉ ูˆุฅุฒุงู„ุชู‡ุง ูˆุงู„ุชุญูƒู… ููŠ ุงู„ุฑุทูˆุจุฉ ูˆุงู„ุญูุงุธ ุนู„ู‰ ุตุญุฉ ุงู„ุดุงุบู„ูŠู† ูˆุฑุงุญุชู‡ู… โ€” ู…ุชุทู„ุจ ุฅู„ุฒุงู…ูŠ ุจู…ูˆุฌุจ ASHRAE 62.1 ูˆู„ูˆุงุฆุญ ุงู„ุจู†ุงุก ุงู„ุฃุฎุถุฑ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุงุชูŠุฉุŒ ูŠููˆุงุฒูŽู† ู…ุน ุชูƒู„ูุฉ ุงู„ุทุงู‚ุฉ ุงู„ู„ุงุฒู…ุฉ ู„ุชูƒูŠูŠู ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠ ุงู„ูˆุงุฑุฏ.

ุงู„ุบุฑุถ ู…ู† ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ

ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุนู…ู„ูŠุฉ ุฅุฏุฎุงู„ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุจู†ู‰ ู„ุงุณุชุจุฏุงู„ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ูŠ ุงู„ุฑุงูƒุฏ ุฃูˆ ุชุฎููŠูู‡ โ€” ู…ูุฒูŠู„ุฉู‹ ุซุงู†ูŠ ุฃูƒุณูŠุฏ ุงู„ูƒุฑุจูˆู† ูˆุงู„ุฑูˆุงุฆุญ ุงู„ุฌุณุฏูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ุฑูƒุจุงุช ุงู„ุนุถูˆูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุทุงูŠุฑุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฑุทูˆุจุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ู„ูˆุซุงุช ุงู„ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุงู„ู†ุงุชุฌุฉ ุนู† ุฃู†ุดุทุฉ ุงู„ุดุงุบู„ูŠู† ูˆู…ูˆุงุฏ ุงู„ุจู†ุงุก. ูˆุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ุงู„ูƒุงููŠุฉ ู…ุชุทู„ุจ ุฃุณุงุณูŠ ู„ุตุญุฉ ุงู„ุดุงุบู„ูŠู†: ุชูุฑูƒูู‘ุฒ ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ูƒุงููŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ู„ูˆุซุงุช ูˆุชุฑูุน ู…ุณุชูˆูŠุงุช COโ‚‚ ูˆุชูุดุฌูู‘ุน ุชุฑุงูƒู… ุงู„ุฑุทูˆุจุฉ ูˆู†ู…ูˆ ุงู„ุนูู†.

ุงุณุชุฑุงุชูŠุฌูŠุงุช ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ

ุซู…ุฉ ุซู„ุงุซ ุงุณุชุฑุงุชูŠุฌูŠุงุช ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ุฑุฆูŠุณูŠุฉ ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ ู„ู„ุชุทุจูŠู‚ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุจุงู†ูŠ. ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ุงู„ุทุจูŠุนูŠุฉ ุชุณุชุฎุฏู… ุถุบุท ุงู„ุฑูŠุงุญ ูˆุงู„ุทููˆ ู„ุฏูุน ุญุฑูƒุฉ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก โ€” ุนุงู„ูŠุฉ ุงู„ูƒูุงุกุฉ ุทุงู‚ูˆูŠุงู‹ ู„ูƒู† ู…ุญุฏูˆุฏุฉ ุงู„ุชุทุจูŠู‚ ููŠ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุงุช ุจุณุจุจ ุฏุฑุฌุงุช ุงู„ุญุฑุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุตูˆู‰ ูˆุงู„ุฑุทูˆุจุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู„ูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุบุจุงุฑ. ูˆุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ูŠูƒุงู†ูŠูƒูŠุฉ ุชุณุชุฎุฏู… ุงู„ู…ุฑุงูˆุญ ูˆุดุจูƒุงุช ุงู„ู‚ู†ูˆุงุช ู„ุชุฒูˆูŠุฏ ุงู„ูุถุงุกุงุช ุงู„ู…ุดุบูˆู„ุฉ ุจู‡ูˆุงุก ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠ ู…ูุฑุดูŽู‘ุญ ูˆุณุญุจ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุฑุงูƒุฏ โ€” ุงู„ู†ู‡ุฌ ุงู„ู‚ูŠุงุณูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุจุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ุชุฌุงุฑูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุงุชูŠุฉ. ูˆุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฎุชู„ุทุฉ ุชุฌู…ุน ุจูŠู† ุงู„ู†ู‡ุฌูŠู† ุงู„ุทุจูŠุนูŠ ูˆุงู„ู…ูŠูƒุงู†ูŠูƒูŠ.

ู…ุชุทู„ุจุงุช ASHRAE 62.1 ูˆุงู†ุนูƒุงุณุงุชู‡ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุงู‚ุฉ

ุงู„ู…ุนูŠุงุฑ ุงู„ู…ุฑุฌุนูŠ ู„ู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุจุงู†ูŠ ุงู„ุชุฌุงุฑูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุงุชูŠุฉ ู‡ูˆ ASHRAE 62.1ุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุญุฏุฏ ุงู„ุญุฏ ุงู„ุฃุฏู†ู‰ ู…ู† ู…ุนุฏู„ุงุช ุชุฒูˆูŠุฏ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠ ู„ูุฆุงุช ุงู„ุฅุดุบุงู„ ุงู„ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ: ููŠ ุงู„ูุถุงุกุงุช ุงู„ู…ูƒุชุจูŠุฉ ุงู„ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌูŠุฉุŒ ูŠุจู„ุบ ุงู„ุญุฏ ุงู„ุฃุฏู†ู‰ ู†ุญูˆ 10 ู„ุชุฑ/ุซุงู†ูŠุฉ ู„ูƒู„ ุดุฎุต ุฒุงุฆุฏุงู‹ ู…ูƒูˆู†ุงู‹ ู„ู…ุณุงุญุฉ ุงู„ุฃุฑุถูŠุฉ.

ุชูู…ุซู‘ู„ ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ุชูƒู„ูุฉ ุทุงู‚ุฉ ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุฅู…ุงุฑุงุช โ€” ูŠุฌุจ ุชุจุฑูŠุฏ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠ ุงู„ูˆุงุฑุฏ ุนู†ุฏ 42ยฐู… ูˆุชุฌููŠูู‡ ู„ุชุญู‚ูŠู‚ ุธุฑูˆู ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุชุบุฐูŠุฉ. ูˆุชุณุชุฑุฌุน ุฃุฌู‡ุฒุฉ ุงุณุชุฑุฌุงุน ุงู„ุทุงู‚ุฉ (ERVs) ุงู„ุญุฑุงุฑุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฑุทูˆุจุฉ ู…ู† ุชูŠุงุฑ ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุนุงุฏู… ู„ู…ุนุงู„ุฌุฉ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠ ุงู„ูˆุงุฑุฏ ู…ุณุจู‚ุงู‹ุŒ ู…ู…ุง ูŠูู‚ู„ูู‘ู„ ุชูƒู„ูุฉ ุทุงู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ุจู†ุณุจุฉ 50โ€“70%. ูˆุจู…ูˆุฌุจ ู†ุธุงู…ูŽูŠ ุงู„ุณุนูุงุช ูˆLEEDุŒ ุชูƒุณุจ ุฃุฌู‡ุฒุฉ ERV ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ุธู…ุฉ ุงู„ุชู‡ูˆูŠุฉ ู†ู‚ุงุท ุงู„ุฃุฏุงุก ุงู„ุทุงู‚ูˆูŠ.

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