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It’s typical for bedrooms to have a ACH (Air Changes per Hour) rate of between 0.35 and 1 So the CO2 is removed regularly.
I studied for like 12 years in the biomedical field and I don’t really understand why OP is worried about this.
Turning on a bathroom vent fan is remarkably effective. Based on the CO2 monitor in my basement utility room, turning on a bathroom vent fan in the upstairs lowers the CO2 in the entire house within a few hours. An energy recovery ventilator would be ideal, though, as it wares much less energy while still lowering your CO2 levels. It would be awesome if there were a way to actually capture and sequester in-home CO2,…
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and blowing to the outside
Depends I think (that is, if you care about cooling down the room too) If it's closer to the floor, it will be moving colder air, so you may want to point it inwards Closer to the ceiling and you'll be moving warmer air, so you want it to go out
This realization has made me quite anxious about the Keeling curve.
Not being snarky, but a window is one of the best options. Air conditioners can often be your worst option, as the air is recirculated more aggressively. We use a window fan that has multiple settings: circulate, ingress, egress. I find that no matter what setting you use, air is recirculated significantly well. On hot days, the fan is set on egress. This seems to do a really great job of removing excess CO2 while no…
> a window is one of the best options. Add a fan and it's hard to find something more optimal and cheap for this problem.
Turning on a bathroom vent fan is remarkably effective. Based on the CO2 monitor in my basement utility room, turning on a bathroom vent fan in the upstairs lowers the CO2 in the entire house within a few hours. An energy recovery ventilator would be ideal, though, as it wares much less energy while still lowering your CO2 levels. It would be awesome if there were a way to actually capture and sequester in-home CO2,…
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This is a bit of a nonsense question. The CO2 diffuses away rather quickly and there is no reason to worry about this.