Calculating Ventilation Effect Watts in a Room

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I want to calculate how much effect in Watts a ventilation system brings into a room. Will it be correct to use the following equation for this:

[tex] \dot Q = \dot V \cdot 0,335 \cdot \left( {T_A - T_O } \right)[/tex]

where 0,335 is actually the Cp of air derived from [itex]{{1005} \over {3600}} \cdot 1,2[/itex]
TA is the temperature the air enters the room with, and TO is the outside temp.

If the air enters the room with a lower temp than the room, how can the energy needed to heat up this air to room temp be taken into account?
 
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I would think that should work, however, check your units. On the left you have watts, or J/s, on the right you have (m^3/s)(J/kgK)(K) giving you...well not what your looking for. I'm pretty sure you need to change your volume flow to mass flow.