Modelling the concentration of chloroform in the air of a Norwegian swimming pool facility-A repeated measures study

Nitter, Therese Bergh; Svendsen, Kristin

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.113

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“…Improve ventilation in the occupied zone Removing airborne pollutants can be done by either mixing ventilation concepts, by source capture through replacement ventilation, or a combination of both. Traditionally, the ventilation systems in Norwegian swimming facilities are based on mixing ventilation with low ventilation effectiveness, where the air is supplied in the vicinity of the glazing façade and a centrally placed extract air grill (Nitter & Svendsen, 2019a;Polak, 2008b). The concept is based on the perception that the main purpose of the ventilation system is to prevent condensation on the inner surface, supply sensible heat to the facility, and to dehumidify the air.…”

Section: Apply Better Disinfection Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Numerous disinfection by-products (Richardson et al, 2010;Weaver et al, 2009), • Occurrence and human consequences (Shaw, 1986;Benoit & Jackson, 1987;Kim et al, 2002;Righi et al, 2014;Lévesque et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2015;Chowdhury, 2016;Nitter et al, 2018;Gabriel et al, 2019;Nitter & Svendsen, 2019a), • Formation of DBP (Jmaiff Blackstock et al, 2017;Kim et al, 2017;Fakour & Lo, 2018), • The impact of water treatment (Weng et al, 2012;Hansen et al, 2012;Weng et al, 2013;Spiliotopoulou et al, 2015;Nitter & Svendsen, 2019b), • Impact on the users and the user's uptake (Chu et al, 2013;Fernández-Luna et al, 2013;Font-Ribera et al, 2016;Hang et al, 2016;Parrat et al, 2012;Xiao et al, 2012).…”

Section: Indoor Air Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The traditional ventilation concepts are designed to avoid condensation on surfaces (Nitter & Svendsen, 2019a). The air is normally supplied below the window surfaces and extracted from a centrally placed extract air grill.…”

Section: Indoor Air Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The traditional design has been exclusively focused on protection of the building construction and keeping the indoor environment within a given range of temperature and humidity. Since the main source of air pollution in swimming facilities is the water surface, there is consensus that the design of the ventilation system is one of the most important tasks in the work regarding improving the indoor air quality for swimmers (Berg et al, 2019;Nitter & Svendsen, 2019a;Ratajczak & Piotrowska, 2019;Saleem et al, 2019).…”

Section: Indoor Air Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The ventilation system should also maintain the thermal and hygroscopic environment within the preferred range and minimize the level of DBPs. There is consensus within the research community regarding the importance of good ventilation in order to avoid harmful environment for the pool users (Berg et al, 2019;Manasfi et al, 2017;Nitter & Svendsen, 2019a;Nitter et al, 2018;Ratajczak & Piotrowska, 2019;Zhang et al, 2015). Due to the complexity of swimming facilities and the multi-functionality of the ventilation system, a refinement is not straightforward.…”

Section: Air Flow Distributionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Systematic and data-driven literature review of the energy and indoor environmental performance of swimming facilities

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During the last few decades, focus on measures for energy conservation in buildings has increased considerably. The European Commission implemented the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, which gave instructions to the member states about how to reduce energy consumption in residential and non-residential buildings. In the process of making the building sector more energy efficient, the building codes generally have become stricter with some simplifications applied in the requirements. For swimming facilities in Norway, these simplifications are undermining the purpose of the code by excluding the energy use related to the operation of swimming pools, which is the main part of the energy use in this building category. In other words, the energy use related to operation of the facility is not regulated. Furthermore, guidelines for the planning and operation of these types of facilities are outdated and research for this building category is sparse. These three aspects mean that there is a considerable potential for improvement. This paper presents a comprehensive literature review with bibliometric and thematic analyses of the contextualized research in swimming facilities from a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning perspective. It maps the major trends during the past few decades, where areas like solar heating for outdoor pools, energy consumption, and air quality stand out. Except for air quality and disinfection by-products, research on these facilities is highly fragmented without any strong contributors to the various fields. Graphical abstract

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Section: Apply Better Disinfection Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%