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Recommended air change rates in some common rooms and buildings
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The table below can be used as an indication of recommended air change rates in some common rooms and buildings.
| Building / Room | Air Change Rate
(1/hr) |
| All Spaces in general | min 4 |
| Auditoriums | 8 - 15 |
| Banks | 4 - 10 |
| Barber Shops | 6 - 10 |
| Bars | 20 - 30 |
| Beauty Shops | 6 - 10 |
| Bowling Alleys | 10 - 15 |
| Cafeterias | 12 -15 |
| Churches | 8 - 15 |
| Clubhouses | 20 - 30 |
| Cocktail Lounges | 20 - 30 |
| Computer Rooms | 15 - 20 |
| Court Houses | 4 - 10 |
| Dental Centers | 8 - 12 |
| Department Stores | 6 - 10 |
| Dining Halls | 12 -15 |
| Dress Shops | 6 - 10 |
| Drug Shops | 6 - 10 |
| Fire Stations | 4 - 10 |
| Jewelry shops | 6 - 10 |
| Kitchens | 12 -15 |
| Libraries | 12 -15 |
| Lunch Rooms | 12 -15 |
| Luncheonettes | 12 -15 |
| Nightclubs | 20 - 30 |
| Malls | 6 - 10 |
| Medical Centers | 8 - 12 |
| Medical Clinics | 8 - 12 |
| Medical Offices | 8 - 12 |
| Municipal Buildings | 4 - 10 |
| Museums | 12 -15 |
| Police Stations | 4 - 10 |
| Post Offices | 4 - 10 |
| Precision Manufacturing | 15 - 50 |
| Restaurants | 8 - 12 |
| Retail | 6 - 10 |
| School Classrooms | 4 - 12 |
| Shoe Shops | 6 - 10 |
| Shopping Centers | 6 - 10 |
| Supermarkets | 4 - 10 |
| Town Halls | 4 - 10 |
| Taverns | 20 - 30 |
| Theaters | 8 - 15 |
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