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When we are contracted to evaluate natatoriums with air quality problems, we look for structural reasons why the air quality is problematic. In our experience (from visiting and evaluating...
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Whether we like it or not, indoor swimming pools are warm, humid environments. By virtue of how they operate, indoor pools create more vapor pressure than any other type of room we can...
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In natatoriums, When the air gets rough, the fans get blowing. And that's not always a good thing.
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The old, obsolete approach to natatorium air quality sounded like "the solution to pollution is dilution." In other words, introduce excess outdoor air (OA)–and exhaust more air...
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Indoor air quality in natatoriums has many variables and moving pieces, but at the end of the day, it all boils down to one thing: how effectively can the air handling system remove...
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