If you are buying a property for an investment purpose the ground floor is the best floor in high rise building for.
Street polution at floor level high rise.
Property surveys have proved that lower floors command better rental returns as indians generally have an affinity for staying closer to the ground.
This air pollution has been linked to asthma and other health problems.
Usually third floor would be worse because of toxic gases from building materials furnishings cooking etc rising up from floors below.
The computed and experimental results of the dispersion of air pollution emitted from the 3rd floor re entry exhibit a similar trend of the pollutant distribution within the re entry along the height of the test building as shown in fig.
3 consequently the pollutant dispersion pathway for the emission at the 3rd floor re entry which is well below the stagnation is primarily downward where.
But if sealed bldg or if all three floors share the same air supply and return the floor you live on makes no difference.
Residents of high rise buildings may be exposed to less traffic related air pollution than low rise dwellers one study shows.
So that s not going to get us anywhere near the 1 000 meter mixing height.
Living on a higher floor might help you breathe easier.
At about 3 1 meters per floor people on the 20 th floor are about 62 meters high.
In the daytime the lowest average mixing height is 1 000 meters which is a lot higher than high rise buildings.
In fact here s a big benefit of high rise living.
Depends on type of building and type of air pollution.