Indoor climate in buildings

Indoor climate in a building depends on following parameters:

Air quality (air changes)
Humidity
Temperature
Light (windows)
First three of them can create a risk of health damages if the parameters will not be on the
right level (not enough air changes, too high humidity, too low temperature). It is important
to focus on these risks as they can cause asthma or other allergy types which are very
dangerous for people’s health. They can also have bad influence on the buildings, because
of
damp, moulds, dust mites.
That is the reason why recently there is a growing interest not only in ventilation but also in
proper indoor environment. It can help to minimize risk of sick building syndrome, moulds
or
others. One solution to improve the conditions in the building can be solar air system.
Solar air system
Solar air system is a type of system which collects solar energy and transforms it into heat.
The general idea is that the air is flowing through solar collector and heat from sun naturally
raises the temperature of the air. In other words cold, outside air is heated and delivered to
the room. The collector has on outer layer of glazing/polycarbonate which is exposed to sun.
Circulation of the air in the building can be by natural driving forces (buoyancy effect) or by
fan which is more certain. Optionally the fan can be powered by solar cell mounted on
collector.
Preheating of air supplied to buildings has gained much interest during recent years. The
advantage of this technology is that it is cheap and simple. It is especially efficient for
summer houses as it can work without anyone’s attendance. It can help to get rid of mould
and bad smells as well as increase the temperature inside without need of additional
heating. In this way the indoor environment in such houses is maintained on a good level
after winter.