Residential Indoor Air Quality Guidelines

Tobin, R.S.; Bourgeau, M.; Otson, Rein; Wood, G.C.

doi:10.1177/1420326x9300200503

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“…Therefore, the sampling cycle was included the peak periods of vehicular movement in the early morning (when people go to work) and late afternoon (back to home). In addition, combustion processes (stoves and heaters), construction materials and furnishings (draperies, rugs, and fabrics), and human activities (smoking and religious ceremonies) all affect indoor air quality (Charles et al, 2005;Tobin et al, 1993). These human activities (outdoor and indoor) are referred to as anthropogenic emissions (Colls, 1998) and taken into consideration when conducting the fieldwork.…”

Section: Potential Sources Of Emission Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality in Densely Populated Areas: Case Studies of High-Rise Social Housing in Kuala Lumpur

Sahabuddin¹,

Aminuddin²,

Muhammad‐Sukki³

et al. 2022

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Air pollution is one factor that contributes to serious health issues in developing countries. The Malaysian Environmental Department has measured that particulate matter in urban areas is significantly higher than other parts of the country. Thus, this study aims to assess the current level of indoor and outdoor air quality in a tropical city—Kuala Lumpur; and to understand the relationship between these two environments in high-rise buildings. Through a fieldwork study on two typologies of social housing in the city, particulate matters of PM10 and PM2.5 were found to be the most common substances in indoor and outdoor spaces. The first typology, which employs a compact design with light-wells, recorded a decrease in particulate matter concentrations, whereas the second, which employs atriums in its design, recorded an increase for the same substance. Therefore, a change in the ventilation concept should be implemented to address the problem of indoor air pollution using an integrated hybrid strategy of passive and low energy consumption techniques that should be explored in greater detail in the future.

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Section: Potential Sources Of Emission Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality in Densely Populated Areas: Case Studies of High-Rise Social Housing in Kuala Lumpur

Sahabuddin¹,

Aminuddin²,

Muhammad‐Sukki³

et al. 2022

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“…In the absence of indoor sources of these contaminants, their indoor concentrations will tend to be close to or lower than outdoor concentrations. Sulphur dioxide, ozone, sulphates, nitrates and lead concentrations, for example, are usually lower than those outside because of their reactivity and surface adsorption [3]. Work has started from investigations into: formaldehyde, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the indoor air.…”

Section: The Indoor Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While smokers are exposed to mainstream smoke, bystanders can be involuntarily exposed to compounds in environmental tobacco smoke some of which may be potentially harmful. More than 3,000 constituents have been identified in cigarette smoke, of which about 150 are biologically active [3]. Nevertheless, no common official documents regarding environmental tobacco smoke have so far been issued in Lithuania.…”

Section: The Indoor Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indoor Air Problems in Lithuania

Šeškauskas¹,

Kubiliené²

1997

Indoor and Built Environment

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The situation in Lithuania so far as IAQ management is concerned is complicated by the long period of existence that the country has spent outside an open society. As a result positive changes in a number of main fields: organisational, legislational and experimental are in their initial stages. To date projects concerned with the influence of IAQ on professionals' and children's asthma and a project on approximation to European Standards in occupational air quality investigations have been started.

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“…Formaldehyde (HCHO) is widely recognized as a priority indoor air pollutant due to the detrimental effects on the environment and human beings. 1 It can be directly emitted from natural sources, building materials, 2 and indoor combustion 3 or generated from secondary reaction of volatile organic compounds and ozone, 4,5 with concentrations at the ppb to ppm level. 1 Methods including ventilation, adsorption, 6,7 plasmas, 8 photocatalysis 9 and catalytic oxidation 10 have been involved in removing HCHO.…”

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confidence: 99%