Thermal insulation as a source of air pollution

Wal, J.F. van der; Moons, AndréM.M.; Steenlage, Ronald

doi:10.1016/0160-4120(89)90055-x

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“…6) Rivers et al, 1992. 7) Bjurman, 1993 (see also Van der Wal et al, 1989 in References: 1, 2) Verhoeff et al, 1987Verhoeff et al, , 1988. 3) Scherer et al, 1993.…”

Section: Outdoor Air and Indoor Air Chemistrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Volatile Organic Compounds Sources, Measurements, Emissions, and the Impact on Indoor Air Quality

1995

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“…6) Rivers et al, 1992. 7) Bjurman, 1993 (see also Van der Wal et al, 1989 in References: 1, 2) Verhoeff et al, 1987Verhoeff et al, , 1988. 3) Scherer et al, 1993.…”

Section: Outdoor Air and Indoor Air Chemistrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Volatile Organic Compounds Sources, Measurements, Emissions, and the Impact on Indoor Air Quality

1995

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“…Tentative assignments of the emission of building materials with the indoor chemical air have been reported in a few cases for floor tiles (29)(30), building materials, some consumer products, and activities (16,(31)(32)(33), thermal insulation material (35), and the use of carbonless copy paper (36)(37).…”

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Proposal of methods for developing healthy building materials: Laboratory and field experiments

Wolkoff¹

1990

Environmental Technology

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The state-of-the-art of testing building materials for the emission of volatile organic compounds are reviewed and a set of methods to develop healthy building materials arc presented. Results of this laboratory showed that potential polluting building materials may be identified by comparison of headspace analyses of building materials with sampling of the indoor air. Qualitative GC/MS headspace analysis of building materials revealed that some materials acted as a sink for VOC emitting elsewhere in a building. The analysis also provided information of undesirable organic compounds emitting from materials. The combination of headspace analysis and sniffing of the eluting VOC provided a tool for substitution of malodorants, and development of an odourless building sealant.

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“…13 High indoor air concentrations of acetaldehyde can induce asthma. 14 Furthermore, the odours of aldehydes, such as those emitted from building materials after office renovation 15 or from insulating materials in residences, 16 can be unpleasant.…”

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Aldehyde emissions from lime plaster containing vegetable oil

Odaka

Seto

Nakaoka

et al. 2014

Indoor and Built Environment

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Lime plaster applied to walls and ceilings often contains vegetable oil for improving water resistance, and is considered to be harmless owing to its natural origin. The purpose of this study was to assess aldehyde emissions from plaster containing vegetable oil in order to predict the concentrations of aldehydes emitted into the indoor air. A passive emission chamber method was used to observe the emissions of aldehydes from vegetable oil when mixed with sodium hydroxide solution. The findings show that the alkalinity of calcium hydroxide in the plaster would accelerate the formation of aldehydes significantly. Furthermore, aldehyde emissions from the plaster to which vegetable oil was added were tested using a dynamic emission chamber (the small chamber method). A plaster containing soybean oil strongly emitted hexaldehyde throughout the test period. Plasters containing linseed oil or perilla oil strongly emitted propionaldehyde and acetaldehyde. The calculated indoor air concentrations of the aldehydes emitted from the lime plasters containing vegetable oil exceeded the air quality guidelines of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, and the German Federal Environmental Protection Agency. Moreover, these aldehydes are irritants and have unpleasant odours. Therefore, adding vegetable oil to plaster should be avoided to prevent sick-building syndrome.

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Thermal insulation as a source of air pollution

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

Volatile Organic Compounds Sources, Measurements, Emissions, and the Impact on Indoor Air Quality

Volatile Organic Compounds Sources, Measurements, Emissions, and the Impact on Indoor Air Quality

Proposal of methods for developing healthy building materials: Laboratory and field experiments

Aldehyde emissions from lime plaster containing vegetable oil

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