Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in residential air of ten Chicago area homes: Concentrations and influencing factors

An, Li; Schoonover, T.; Zou, Qimeng; Norlock, Felice; Conroy, Lorraine M.; Scheff, Peter A.; Wadden, Richard A.

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.02.029

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“…In this study, PAHs with two to four rings were emitted from indoor sources, whereas PAHs with five to six rings were expected to be mainly found outdoors. This trend was also reported in previous studies (Li et al, 2005;Naumova et al, 2002).…”

Section: Pahs Composition and Concentrationsupporting

confidence: 78%

Indoor Exposure and Health Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Public Facilities, Korea

Kim¹,

Lim²,

Jeon³

et al. 2013

Asian J. Atmos. Environ

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In the study, pollution levels of indoor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in public facilities (vapor phase or particulate phase) were evaluated, and a health risk assessment (HRA) was carried out based on exposure scenarios. Public facilities in Korea covered by the law, including underground subway stations, funeral halls, child care facilities, internet cafes (PC-rooms), and exhibition facilities (6 locations for each type of facility, for a total of 48 locations), were investigated for indoor assessment. For the HRA, individual excess cancer risk (ECR) was estimated by applying main toxic equivalency factor (TEF) values suggested in previous studies. Among the eight public facilities, internet cafes showed the highest average PM 2.5 concentration at 110.0 μg/m 3 (range: 83.5-138.5 μg/m 3

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confidence: 78%

Indoor Exposure and Health Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Public Facilities, Korea

Kim¹,

Lim²,

Jeon³

et al. 2013

Asian J. Atmos. Environ

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“…For instance, in the Copy Room, total PAH concentrations (ΣPAH), with and without naphthalene, and of pyrene and benzo[a]pyrene, are higher than the maxima measured in benchmark studies. Furthermore, the concentration of benzo [a]pyrene in the Copy Room is an order of magnitude higher than the maximum concentration observed in Elizabeth, NJ, residences by Naumova et al (2002), and is similar to the maximum concentration found in Chicago homes by Li et al (2005). Emissions from copy room equipment may be responsible for the elevated PAHs concentrations (Ren et al, 2006); however, no study has been performed to quantify PAH emissions from office equipment (Destaillats et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Indoor sources relevant to modern office environments include transport from outdoors through open windows or the building ventilation system, boiler/heating operations, and potentially from the resuspension of particles generated from office equipment (Naumova et al, 2002;Ren et al, 2006). Many of the PAHs are known, probable, or possible human carcinogens (Li et al, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

Re-Assessing Green Building Performance: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of 22 GSA Buildings

Fowler¹,

Rauch²,

Henderson³

et al. 2010

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Thank you to these and all others that contributed to this research effort.v Executive SummaryThe General Services Administration (GSA) sustainably designed buildings investigated under this study use less energy and water, cost less to maintain, and have occupants that are satisfied when compared to typical buildings. Additional findings from the building performance analysis include: Aggregate operations costs are 19% lower than industry average  Carbon dioxide equivalent emissions are 34% lower than typical buildings  U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold rated buildings generally perform better when compared to industry baselines. Figure S1 represents the energy, water, and aggregate maintenance for each of the 22 buildings investigated. All of the Energy Star Portfolio Manager values were better than or equal to the industry baseline. Two-thirds of the water use intensity values (WUI, water use per gross square foot) and aggregate maintenance costs were better than the industry baseline. The buildings performing the best in all categories are located in the top right quadrant and have lighter colored circles. Figure S1. Energy performance is better than or equal to the baseline for all of the buildings, water performance and maintenance costs are better for two-thirds of the buildings. This whole building performance measurement study uses the data collected for Assessing Green Building Performance: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of 12 GSA Buildings, includes 10 additional buildings, and includes updated data for the original buildings set, resulting in measured building performance data for twenty-two GSA buildings, located in seven of its national regions ( Figure S2). The intent of the analysis is to inform GSA on how its sustainably designed buildings are performing in comparison to industry and GSA baselines of typically designed buildings for energy, water, maintenance and operations, waste, recycling, occupant commute, and occupant satisfaction. Thirteen of the buildings are LEED-certified, three are LEED-registered, one won the International Facility Managers Award for Sustainable Design and Energy Efficiency, while another five buildings emphasized energy efficiency during design. Figure S2. Twenty-two sustainably designed buildings from seven of the GSA regions are analyzed in this study.As of the winter of 2009, GSA had 40 LEED-certified buildings. Many of these buildings are newly constructed and thus did not have performance data available for participation in the study. Although this study involved a small number of buildings, especially when considering the size of the GSA portfolio, it includes approximately one-third of GSA's LEED-certified buildings. LEED certification levels and Energy Star scores are shown in Table S1. If a building had received an official Energy Star rating, the score is in parentheses in the Certification Level column. The Energy Star Score column has unofficial scores vii calculated from the data provided by the sites. ...

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“…These studies identified and quantified several PAH compounds in samples collected from the air environment (Hayakawa et al 2002;Marr et al 2004;Re-Poppi and Santiago-Silva 2005;Li et al 2005), and from direct emission of several sources such as domestic combustion (Li et al 2003, Lee et al 2005, natural gas combustion in residential appliances (Rogge et al 1993), tobacco smoke (Ding et al 2005) and gasoline and diesel vehicle exhaust (Zielinska et al 2004;Yang et al 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the urban air of Delhi during 2003

Sharma

Jain

Khan

2007

Environ Monit Assess

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Atmospheric concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Delhi were evaluated to study particulate PAHs profiles during the different seasons of 2003. Samples of urban suspended particulate matter were collected during January 2003 to December 2003 at three locations (Okhla, Dhaulakuan and Daryaganj), using a high volume sampler provided with glass fiber filters. Samples were analyzed using the gas chromatography technique. The annual average concentrations of total PAHs were found as 1,049.3 ng/m(3) at Okhla, 1,344.37 ng/m(3) at Daryaganj, and 1,117.14 ng/m(3) at Dhaulakuan. The seasonal average concentrations were found to be maximum in winter and minimum during the monsoon season. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of the data was also carried out and the results indicate that diesel and gasoline driven vehicles are the principal sources of PAHs at all the three sites under investigation. Other sources might come from stationary combustion sources such as cooking fuel combustion and industrial emission.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in residential air of ten Chicago area homes: Concentrations and influencing factors

Cited by 69 publications

References 24 publications

Indoor Exposure and Health Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Public Facilities, Korea

Indoor Exposure and Health Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Public Facilities, Korea

Re-Assessing Green Building Performance: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of 22 GSA Buildings

Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the urban air of Delhi during 2003

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