Title
Indoor gaseous air pollutants determinants in office buildings—The OFFICAIR project
Author
Spinazzè, A.
Campagnolo, D.
Cattaneo, A.
Urso, P.
Sakellaris, I.A.
Saraga, D.E.
Mandin, C.
Canha, N.
Mabilia, R.
Perreca, E.
Mihucz, V.G.
Szigeti, T.
Ventura, G.
de Oliveira Fernandes, E.
de Kluizenaar, Y.
Cornelissen, E.
Hänninen, O.
Carrer, P.
Wolkoff, P.
Cavallo, D.M.
Bartzis, J.G.
Publication year
2019
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify determinants of aldehyde and volatile organic compound (VOC) indoor air concentrations in a sample of more than 140 office rooms, in the framework of the European OFFICAIR research project. A large field campaign was performed, which included (a) the air sampling of aldehydes and VOCs in 37 newly built or recently retrofitted office buildings across 8 European countries in summer and winter and (b) the collection of information on building and offices’ characteristics using checklists. Linear mixed models for repeated measurements were applied to identify the main factors affecting the measured concentrations of selected indoor air pollutants (IAPs). Several associations between aldehydes and VOCs concentrations and buildings’ structural characteristic or occupants’ activity patterns were identified. The aldehyde and VOC determinants in office buildings include building and furnishing materials, indoor climate characteristics (room temperature and relative humidity), the use of consumer products (eg, cleaning and personal care products, office equipment), as well as the presence of outdoor sources in the proximity of the buildings (ie, vehicular traffic). Results also showed that determinants of indoor air concentrations varied considerably among different type of pollutants. © 2019 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Subject
Buildings and Infrastructures
2015 Urbanisation
Architecture and Building
Climate
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12609
TNO identifier
869964
Publisher
Blackwell Munksgaard
ISSN
0905-6947
Source
Indoor Air, 76-87
Document type
article