IAQ-Tools
Software for indoor air quality analysis applications including troubleshooting "sick" buildings, ventilation design, filter design/selection, design for contaminant source control (such as hoods), indoor air quality research, tracer gas calculations, air quality unit conversions, and many others. User selects from any of the following contaminants: 1. Airborne solid contaminants, including asbestos, lead, and particulates. 2. Gases, including among others ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, ethane, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, methane, nitrogen oxides, ozone, propane, radon, and sulfur dioxide. 3. Bioaerosols, including bacteria, fungi, and molds. 4. Tracer gases, including helium, hydrogen, and sulfur hexafluoride. The program also allows unit conversions of IAQ quantities, including highly flexible conversion of concentrations, flowrates, and generation rates, including conversions between any mass-based and volumetric-based quantities.
Keywords
indoor air quality, 'sick' buildings, ventilation design, contaminant source control design, tracer gas calculations
Validation/Testing
N/A
Expertise Required
Basic knowledge of indoor air quality.
Users
Over 200 users, both U.S. and international.
Audience
Engineers, industrial hygienists, safety professionals, building scientists, architects, indoor air quality contractors, and other air quality specialists.
Input
Typically, need to know all but one of the following, the program then solves for the unknown: Ventilation rate, air filter efficiency and airflow, indoor contaminant concentration, outdoor concentration, contaminant emission rate. Similar input is used for the
Output
Steady state results or transient (graphical) results. Preformatted report is available.
Computer Platform
IBM-compatible. Operating systems available: DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/NT, IBM OS/2.
Programming Language
Visual Basic
Strengths
Fast, easy to learn, easy to use, extremely flexible user input (can enter units in English or metric or a mixture of both).
Weaknesses
Does not do multizone modelling.
Contact
Company: |
Taitem Engineering |
Address: |
963 Comfort Road |
Telephone: |
(800) 216-5638 (607) 277-1118 |
Facsimile: |
(607) 277-2119 |
E-mail: |
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Website: |
Availability
Available through a variety of distributors, or directly from Taitem Engineering (same address as above). Price: $345 (Windows), $245 (DOS). Site license: $1380 (Windows), $980 (DOS). Add $5 for shipping, 8% tax for New York State. Order by check, PO, or major credit card.