Indoor air quality investigation according to age of the school buildings in Korea

Yang, Wonho; Sohn, Jong–Ryeul; Kim, Ji‐Hwan; Son, Bu-Soon; Park, Jin-Chul

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.10.003

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“…So the possibility of raised levels of TVOCs in newly dwellings is more as compared with that of old buildings. This finding of current study comes in agreement to previous studies [21]- [22]. The averaged concentrations of TVOCs recorded for this study were also higher in new building as compared with old one.…”

Section: A Evaluation Of Indoor Air Quality For Averaging Period Of supporting

confidence: 93%

Study of the Indoor Air Quality in two Residential Houses according to their Ages

2017

SAHSS-2017, LEBCSR-17, LERIS-2017, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2017 Bali (Indonesia)

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Abstract-The objective of this work was to explore the indoor air quality in two residential houses in Oman as per their ages, and to identify whether the quality of air in these two houses is acceptable for the residents or not. With a specific end goal to accomplish these objectives, the values of air quality parameters were taken at different areas of these two residential houses. The measured values of these parameters were then compared with the allowable values that are defined in international standards/guidelines. The results of the study demonstrated apparent elevated levels of CO 2 , TVOCs and temperature in the indoor environment of these houses which can affect the health of the residents.

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Section: A Evaluation Of Indoor Air Quality For Averaging Period Of supporting

confidence: 93%

Study of the Indoor Air Quality in two Residential Houses according to their Ages

2017

SAHSS-2017, LEBCSR-17, LERIS-2017, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2017 Bali (Indonesia)

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“…The TVOC concentrations measured in this study were either at similar or higher than the studies performed in schools in other countries: in Sweden (mean TVOC of 6 g/m 3 by Smedje et al, 1997), in Minnesota, USA (median TVOC of 14 g/m 3 by Adgate et al, 2004), in Australia (max TVOC of 94 g/m 3 by Zhang et al, 2006), and in Michigan, USA (mean TVOC of 58 g/m 3 by Godwin and Batterman, 2007), but lower than those measured in South Korea (mean TVOC of 374 g/m 3 by Yang et al, 2009). However, one should note that different definitions of TVOC were used, e.g., TVOC 10 (Zhang et al, 2006) and sum of the both target and non-target peaks normalized to toluene equivalents (Godwin and Batterman, 2007).…”

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confidence: 88%

“…The concentration range was reported as 6-11 g/m 3 for Dutch kindergartens (Kotzias, 2005). Formaldehyde concentrations measured in Korean kindergartens (Yang et al, 2009) were higher with a mean value of 195 g/m 3 (range: 45-690 g/m 3 ). The overall average of the concentrations measured in this study (85 g/m 3 ) was clearly higher than the Dutch, and in the range of the Danish and Korean kindergartens.…”

Section: Kindergartenmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Kotzias (2005) reported that the VOC concentrations measured in kindergartens varied from 25 to 53 g/m 3 in Catania, Italy, and from 19 to 36 g/m 3 in Arnhem and Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The TVOC concentrations measured by Yang et al (2009) in South Korea kindergartens had a mean value of 642 g/m 3 (range: 264-1024 g/m 3 ). The TVOC 51 concentrations measured in this study are in the range of those measured in Southern and Central European cities (Kotzias, 2005), lower (about 6-fold) than those measured in Korea (Yang et al, 2009), and much lower (up to 80-folds) than those reported in the review article by Daisey et al (2003).…”

Section: Kindergartenmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An assessment of indoor air concentrations and health risks of volatile organic compounds in three primary schools

Sofuoğlu

Aslan

İnal

et al. 2011

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

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a b s t r a c tConcentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including formaldehyde, in classrooms, kindergartens, and outdoor playgrounds of three primary schools were measured in spring, winter, and fall terms inİzmir, Turkey. A health-risk assessment was conducted for odor detection, sensory irritation, chronic toxic effects, and cancer. Active sampling was applied for VOCs and formaldehyde on Tenax TA and DNPH tubes, respectively. VOCs were analyzed in a thermal desorption-GC-MS system. Formaldehyde analysis was performed using an HPLC instrument. Benzene, toluene, and formaldehyde were the most abundant compounds with 95th percentile indoor air concentrations of 29, 87, and 106 g/m 3 , respectively. Naphthalene and xylenes followed them with an order of magnitude lower concentrations. Two isomers of dichlorobenzene (1,3 and 1,4) were the other notable compounds. The concentrations were utilized to classify the indoor air pollutants with respect to potential health effects. In addition, carcinogenic and chronic toxic risks were estimated using Monte-Carlo simulation. Formaldehyde appears to be the most concerning pollutant with high chronic toxic and carcinogenic risk levels according to the health assessment followed by naphthalene, benzene, and toluene due to their chronic effects.

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“…Currently, considerable efforts have been made worldwide to clarify the effects of indoor air quality on human health (Yang et al, 2009;Hasheminassab et al, 2014;Zhu et al, 2015). People spend most of their times indoors (Lai et al, 2004;Tiwari et al, 2015); thus, indoor air pollutants, even at low concentrations, may have a considerable effect on human health due to the long exposure periods (Simoni et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

PM2.5-Bound PAHs in Indoor and Outdoor of Hotels in Urban and Suburban of Jinan, China: Concentrations, Sources, and Health Risk Impacts

Yang

Chen³

et al. 2017

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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The relationships between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in PM 2.5 in outdoor and indoor environments of hotels were examined in Jinan, China from January 6, 2016 to January 29, 2016. The mean concentrations of ∑PAHs for all sampling sites showed the following ascending order: suburban indoor (SUI, 39.58 and SUI were all less than 1, indicating that the PAHs were mainly infiltrated from the outdoor environment. At URI 2 , 2-ring and some 3-and 4-ring PAHs were mainly produced indoors due to cooking, whereas the 5-7-ring PAHs were mainly infiltrated from the outdoor environment. The diagnostic ratios and principal component analysis indicated that emissions from combustion of coal, biomass, diesel fuel and gasoline were the main sources of PAHs in the study area. The impacts of health risk assessment of PAHs suggested that the health risks in the outdoor environment were more severe than those in the indoor environment and the health risks in urban area were significantly higher than those in the suburban area in Jinan.

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Indoor air quality investigation according to age of the school buildings in Korea

Cited by 174 publications

References 16 publications

Study of the Indoor Air Quality in two Residential Houses according to their Ages

Study of the Indoor Air Quality in two Residential Houses according to their Ages

An assessment of indoor air concentrations and health risks of volatile organic compounds in three primary schools

PM2.5-Bound PAHs in Indoor and Outdoor of Hotels in Urban and Suburban of Jinan, China: Concentrations, Sources, and Health Risk Impacts

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