Table 3. Median ACH, range and number of measurements that are above the WHO recommendation for each room, comparing window only and turbine and grate only.
Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 | Total(all rooms) | |
WHO recommended ACH | 10.0 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 6.5 | |
Window only (scenario 2) | |||||
Number of experiments | 51 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 106 |
Median ACH | 8.1 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 11.4 | 8.5 |
IQR | 6.2–10.1 | 2.7–4.8 | 3.5–11.2 | 7.2–15.7 | 5.5–11.5 |
Range | 2.1–29.6 | 2.0–4.6 | 1.3–16.4 | 2.4–24.8 | 1.3–29.6 |
No. above WHO recommendation | 15 (29%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (50%) | 20 (83%) | 48 (45%) |
Turbine and grate only (scenario 3) | |||||
Number of experiments | 43 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 95 |
median ACH | 8.9 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 13.4 | 11.3 |
IQR | 5.8–12.0 | 10.6–16.4 | 9.4–24.1 | 8.0–18.9 | 7.2–15.4 |
Range | 3.2–21.6 | 9.2–17.2 | 8.4–30.0 | 6.3–37.7 | 3.2–37.7 |
No. above WHO recommendation | 20 (47%) | 7 (100%) | 23 (100%) | 21 (95%) | 71 (75%) |
Comparison between scenarios 2 and 3 | |||||
P value (comparison of medians) | 0.28 | 0.004 | <0.000 | 0.07 | <0.000 |
P value (comparison of proportion above WHO recommendation) | 0.09 | 0.004 | <0.000 | 0.40 | <0.000 |
% Contribution of roof turbine to ACH* (95% CI) | 71 (64–78) | 61 (48–75) | 49 (43–55) | 40 (36–43) | 58 (53–62) |
*Calculated by using the measurement of actual flow through the turbine, at the same time as overall ACH measurement.