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AIR QUALITY AND SYMPTOMS IN A SICK LIBRARY BUILDING WITH A RETURN-AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM.

Author(s) : BERGLUND B.

Summary

IN A 5-YEAR OLD, ENERGY EFFICIENT, LIBRARY BUILDING, CHEMICAL AIR QUALITY AND SELF-REPORTED SYMPTOMS WERE STUDIED WITH REGARD TO THE IMPACT OF DAILY USE OF THE BUILDING, OVER 8 MONTHS, AS WELL AS OF USING RETURN/NO-RETURN AIR VENTILATION CONDITIONS. THE RESULTS WERE: (A) INDOOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) VARIED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE 8 MONTHS, LARGELY DUE TO OUTDOOR VALUES ; (B) 3 < USE-RELATED > VOCS, INCREASING SUBSTANTIALLY FROM MORNING TO AFTERNOON, WERE IDENTIFIED: TOLUENE, L,L,L-TRICHLOROETHANE AND LIMONENE ; (C) OUT OF THE 16 SYMPTOMS REPORTED BY VISITORS, 8 WERE CLASSIFIED AS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING FROM MORNING TO AFTERNOON ; (D) IN 75% OF THE RETURN-AIR CONDITIONS, THE SUM OF VOCS WAS ABOUT 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN IN THE NO-RETURN AIR CONDITIONS.

Details

  • Original title: AIR QUALITY AND SYMPTOMS IN A SICK LIBRARY BUILDING WITH A RETURN-AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM.
  • Record ID : 1990-2078
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1989/08/01
  • Source: Source: CLIMA 2000, Sarajevo
    vol. 3; 13-18; 3 fig.; 3 tabl.; 10 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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