This study presents a summary of experimental measurementson the airflow characteristics and pollution distributionaround a non-breathing thermal manikin. The two objectivesare: (1) to examine the extent to which personal (body posture,clothing insulation, table positioning) and environmentalfactors (room air temperature and ventilation flow) affect theairflow characteristic (velocity and temperature) around thethermal manikin and (2) to examine the pollution distributionwithin the convective boundary layer (CBL) around a thermalmanikin and personal exposure to two types of airborne pollutantsunder factors that influence the CBL.The results show thatthe CBL generated by the thermal manikin influenced theairflow characteristics and pollution distribution in thebreathing zone. Parameters such as room air temperature,body posture, clothing insulation, table positioning, and ventilationflow considerably affected airflow characteristics andpollution distribution around the thermal manikin. Under thespecific set of conditions studied, the most favorable airflowpatterns in preventing the feet pollution from reaching thebreathing zone was transverse flow from the front, as it minimizedthe exposure at the minimum supply air velocity. Certainairflow directions exhibited a nonlinear dependence betweenthe supply air flow rate and personal exposure. This suggeststhat without a better understanding of the airflow patterns ina room, the ventilation rate may therefore be increased in vain.