University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

Assessing the indoor air quality of a UK public research university office building

The University of Sussex, established in 1959 as the University College of Sussex and granted university status in 1961, is a public research university in Brighton, UK. It has a community of almost 20,000 students and more than 1,000 academics.

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  • The Challenge

    A concern was raised about the quality of air in an air conditioned building on the University of Sussex campus. RWDI was commissioned to investigate the indoor air quality in this building to determine whether there were any parameters that could be a potential cause for concern.

  • Our Approach

    RWDI’s team air quality experts:

    • Conducted an indoor air quality survey involving attended and unattended measurements of indoor air quality parameters such as temperature, CO₂, relative humidity, CO, and VOCs to uncover potential concerns and develop mitigation measures if so.
    • Developed recommendations for further indoor air quality testing of combustion products during start-up testing of a back-up generator.

  • The Outcome

    The indoor air quality survey verified the quality of air in the offices met standards – save for one in which the concentrations of CO₂ were about the CIBSE guidelines for occupant comfort due to non-functional ventilation, which has since been rectified.