. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 2.

Published in final edited form as: Indoor Air. 2017 Apr 27;27(5):868–879. doi: 10.1111/ina.12383

TABLE 4.

CO₂ generation rates at 273 K and 101 kPa for ranges of ages and level of physical activity (based on mean body mass in each age group)

Age (y)	Mean body mass (kg)	BMR (MJ/day)	CO₂ generation rate (L/s)
			Level of physical activity (met)
			1.0	1.2	1.4	1.6	2.0	3.0	4.0
Males
<1	8.0	1.86	0.0009	0.0011	0.0013	0.0014	0.0018	0.0027	0.0036
1 to <3	12.8	3.05	0.0015	0.0018	0.0021	0.0024	0.0030	0.0044	0.0059
3 to <6	18.8	3.90	0.0019	0.0023	0.0026	0.0030	0.0038	0.0057	0.0075
6 to < 11	31.9	5.14	0.0025	0.0030	0.0035	0.0040	0.0050	0.0075	0.0100
11 to <16	57.6	7.02	0.0034	0.0041	0.0048	0.0054	0.0068	0.0102	0.0136
16 to <21	77.3	7.77	0.0037	0.0045	0.0053	0.0060	0.0075	0.0113	0.0150
21 to < 30	84.9	8.24	0.0039	0.0048	0.0056	0.0064	0.0080	0.0120	0.0160
30 to <40	87.0	7.83	0.0037	0.0046	0.0053	0.0061	0.0076	0.0114	0.0152
40 to <50	90.5	8.00	0.0038	0.0046	0.0054	0.0062	0.0077	0.0116	0.0155
50 to <60	89.5	7.95	0.0038	0.0046	0.0054	0.0062	0.0077	0.0116	0.0154
60 to <70	89.5	6.84	0.0033	0.0040	0.0046	0.0053	0.0066	0.0099	0.0133
70 to <80	83.9	6.57	0.0031	0.0038	0.0045	0.0051	0.0064	0.0095	0.0127
≥80	76.1	6.19	0.0030	0.0036	0.0042	0.0048	0.0060	0.0090	0.0120
Females
<1	7.7	1.75	0.0008	0.0010	0.0012	0.0014	0.0017	0.0025	0.0034
1 to <3	12.3	2.88	0.0014	0.0017	0.0020	0.0022	0.0028	0.0042	0.0056
3 to <6	18.3	3.59	0.0017	0.0021	0.0024	0.0028	0.0035	0.0052	0.0070
6 to < 11	31.7	4.73	0.0023	0.0027	0.0032	0.0037	0.0046	0.0069	0.0092
11 to < 16	55.9	6.03	0.0029	0.0035	0.0041	0.0047	0.0058	0.0088	0.0117
16 to <21	65.9	6.12	0.0029	0.0036	0.0042	0.0047	0.0059	0.0089	0.0119
21 to < 30	71.9	6.49	0.0031	0.0038	0.0044	0.0050	0.0063	0.0094	0.0126
30 to < 40	74.8	6.08	0.0029	0.0035	0.0041	0.0047	0.0059	0.0088	0.0118
40 to <50	77.1	6.16	0.0029	0.0036	0.0042	0.0048	0.0060	0.0090	0.0119
50 to <60	77.5	6.17	0.0030	0.0036	0.0042	0.0048	0.0060	0.0090	0.0120
60 to <70	76.8	5.67	0.0027	0.0033	0.0038	0.0044	0.0055	0.0082	0.0110
70 to <80	70.8	5.45	0.0026	0.0032	0.0037	0.0042	0.0053	0.0079	0.0106
≥80	64.1	5.19	0.0025	0.0030	0.0035	0.0040	0.0050	0.0075	0.0101