Indoor environmental quality index for conservation environments: The importance of including particulate matter

Marchetti, Andrea; Pilehvar, Sanaz; Hart, Lucy 't; Pernía, D. Leyva; Voet, Olivier; Anaf, Willemien; Nuyts, Gert; Otten, Elke; Demeyer, Serge; Schalm, Olivier; Wael, Karolien De

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.09.022

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“…Many environmental factors can be measured quantitatively and there are many measurement devices available for this. However, given the complexity of IEQ, it typically cannot be defined by a single outcome, though some have tried to encapsulate it in the form of an IEQ index [39,44,48,49]. Tiele et al [39] use IEQ-Index as a term to measure a range of environmental factors, including temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide, illuminance, sound levels and particulate matter less than 10 micrometres in diameter.…”

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“…It is evident that IEQ is a complex and multi-faceted area of study and efforts to define it often clutter the definition rather than add clarity. This is exacerbated further as researchers attempt to encapsulate IEQ measurements into a single IEQ-index [39,44,48,49], which could have a profound impact on future research. Researchers may be inclined to compare like-for-like, but this may lead to inaccuracies unless this encapsulation follows a defined standard.…”

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A Scoping Review of Technological Approaches to Environmental Monitoring

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Indoor environment quality (IEQ) can negatively affect occupant health and wellbeing. Air quality, as well as thermal, visual and auditory conditions, can determine how comfortable occupants feel within buildings. Some can be measured objectively, but many are assessed by interpreting qualitative responses. Continuous monitoring by passive sensors may be useful to identify links between environmental and physiological changes. Few studies localise measurements to an occupant level perhaps due to many environmental monitoring solutions being large and expensive. Traditional models for occupant comfort analysis often exacerbate this by not differentiating between individual building occupants. This scoping review aims to understand IEQ and explore approaches as to how it is measured with various sensing technologies, identifying trends for monitoring occupant health and wellbeing. Twenty-seven studies were reviewed, and more than 60 state-of-the-art and low-cost IEQ sensors identified. Studies were found to focus on the home or workplace, but not both. This review also found how wearable technology could be used to augment IEQ measurements, creating personalised approaches to health and wellbeing. Opportunities exist to make individuals the primary unit of analysis. Future research should explore holistic personalised approaches to health monitoring in buildings that analyse the individual as they move between environments.

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A Scoping Review of Technological Approaches to Environmental Monitoring

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“…Moreover, it is also possible to detect PM 2.5 maps and graphs in real-time directly from the smartphone. Finally, despite the fact that the AB cannot be considered to be mutually predictable, but only comparable with respect to the reference method and that its performance seems to be influenced by different variables (RH and PM concentrations), we found a similar performance trend across different direct-reading instruments, such as Aerocet and OPCs, already widely used in human exposure assessment studies [ 53 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 ].…”

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Precision and Accuracy of a Direct-Reading Miniaturized Monitor in PM2.5 Exposure Assessment

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the precision, accuracy, practicality, and potential uses of a PM2.5 miniaturized monitor (MM) in exposure assessment. These monitors (AirBeam, HabitatMap) were compared with the widely used direct-reading particulate matter monitors and a gravimetric reference method for PM2.5. Instruments were tested during 20 monitoring sessions that were subdivided in two different seasons to evaluate the performance of sensors across various environmental and meteorological conditions. Measurements were performed at an urban background site in Como, Italy. To evaluate the performance of the instruments, different analyses were conducted on 8-h averaged PM2.5 concentrations for comparison between direct-reading monitors and the gravimetric method, and minute-averaged data for comparison between the direct-reading instruments. A linear regression analysis was performed to evaluate whether the two measurement methods, when compared, could be considered comparable and/or mutually predictive. Further, Bland-Altman plots were used to determine whether the methods were characterized by specific biases. Finally, the correlations between the error associated with the direct-reading instruments and the meteorological parameters acquired at the sampling point were investigated. Principal results show a moderate degree of agreement between MMs and the reference method and a bias that increased with an increase in PM2.5 concentrations.

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“…Impact of the external climate on the indoor environment in museums or other historical sites, e.g., churches, are focused on dust and gaseous pollutants transport from outside to inside [8,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] but also on the impact of hygrothermal external conditions on the indoor climate [29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Recent studies [19,25], shows that a particularly unfavourable situation is when a museum is located in the centre of the city because pollution from traffic penetrates inside the museum.…”

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Hygrothermal Risk in Museum Buildings Located in Moderate Climate

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Works of art are sensitive to environmental factors—mainly temperature and relative humidity—which, when stable, are generally recommended as ideal protection conditions, but in historical museum buildings, the required conditions are difficult to maintain, due to a lack of adequate heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. The paper presents the analysis of one-year measurements of temperature and relative humidity in three different museums in Poland. The aim of the research was to identify the risk to museum collections, due to unbalanced moisture loads and unstable indoor air temperatures, as well as to identify possible causes of fluctuations in these parameters. This article focuses on assessing the impact of variable external and internal loads on the hygrothermal parameters of indoor air. The profile of internal hygrothermal loads in exhibition halls varied over time, which resulted in a temporary variation of the indoor environmental parameters. The lack of appropriate systems, shaping the microclimate in the analyzed museums, and the lack of automatic control in existing devices did not allow to maintain the temperature and relative humidity within appropriate limits. In the museums, the maximum indoor temperature values were higher than those recommended in the requirements. Relative humidity values in all museums exceeded the recommended range both above and below.

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Indoor environmental quality index for conservation environments: The importance of including particulate matter

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A Scoping Review of Technological Approaches to Environmental Monitoring

A Scoping Review of Technological Approaches to Environmental Monitoring

Precision and Accuracy of a Direct-Reading Miniaturized Monitor in PM2.5 Exposure Assessment

Hygrothermal Risk in Museum Buildings Located in Moderate Climate

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