id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-286563-pv974q32 Kuo, Nae-Wen Development and application of an integrated indoor air quality audit to an international hotel building in Taiwan 2007-12-20 .txt text/plain 4446 217 53 Indoor air quality (IAQ) has begun to surface as an important issue that affects the comfort and health of people; however, there is little research concerned about the IAQ monitoring of hotels up to now. Hotels, one type commercial buildings, are designed to provide high levels of comfort for guests; however, the thermal comfort and inadequate indoor air quality are often complaints (Bohdanowicz and Martinac 2002) . Moreover, space conditioning (heating, cooling, and ventilation for the purpose of maintaining high standards of air quality and thermal comfort) typically accounts for about half the total energy consumed in hotels (Rada 1996) . In addition, the indoor air quality of hotel buildings affects the health of guests especially in bacteria sector. The recommended values of exposure for carbon monoxide should not exceed 2.0 ppm in Taiwan Chiang 2004) and Hong Kong (Indoor Air Quality Management Group 2003) . ./cache/cord-286563-pv974q32.txt ./txt/cord-286563-pv974q32.txt