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Chuloh Jung, Naglaa Sami Abdelaziz Mahmoud, Nahla Al Qassimi and Gamal Elsamanoudy
This preliminary study investigates the emission characteristics of formaldehyde (HCHO) and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) in indoor environments, comparing the effects of eco-friendly materials and general materials. The study analyzes the conc...
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Seungwoog Jung, Seungwan Han and Hoon Choi
The comprehensive and accurate assessment of the indoor air quality (IAQ) in large spaces, such as offices or multipurpose facilities, is essential for IAQ management. It is widely recognized that various IAQ factors affect the well-being, health, and pr...
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Ling-tim Wong, Kwok-wai Mui and Tsz-wun Tsang
Conducting a full indoor air quality (IAQ) assessment in air-conditioned offices requires large-scale material and manpower resources. However, an IAQ index can be adopted as a handy screening tool to identify any premises (with poor IAQ) that need more ...
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Karim Touati, Mohammed-Hichem Benzaama, Yassine El Mendili, Malo Le Guern, François Streiff and Steve Goodhew
Knowledge of indoor air quality (IAQ) in cob buildings during the first few months following their delivery is of vital importance in preventing occupants? health problems. The present research focuses on evaluating IAQ in cob buildings through a prototy...
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Michal Piasecki
The article presents a practical implementation of the indoor quality model. The indoor environmental quality (IEQ) model, including its essential elements (TCindex?thermal comfort, IAQindex?indoor air quality, ACcindex?acoustic comfort and Lindex?daylig...
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Gonçalo Marques, Cristina Roque Ferreira and Rui Pitarma
Occupational health can be strongly influenced by the indoor environment as people spend 90% of their time indoors. Although indoor air quality (IAQ) is not typically monitored, IAQ parameters could be in many instances very different from those defined ...
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James C. Matthews, Asan Bacak, M. Anwar H. Khan, Matthew D. Wright, Michael Priestley, Damien Martin, Carl J. Percival and Dudley E. Shallcross
People spend the majority of their time indoors and therefore the quality of indoor air is worthy of investigation; indoor air quality is affected by indoor sources of pollutants and from pollutants entering buildings from outdoors. In this study, unique...
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C. Bambang Dwi Kuncoro, Moch Bilal Zaenal Asyikin and Aurelia Amaris
Several studies reported the significant effect of indoor air quality on human health, safety, productivity, and comfort because most humans usually conduct 80%?90% of their activity inside the building. This is generally due to the fact that indoor poll...
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Chuloh Jung and Jihad Awad
Due to unprecedented urbanization, UAE had built many new residential projects with poor choices of material and ventilation. This social phenomenon is leading UAE to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) faster than any other countries. The Dubai Municipality re...
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Ahmet Biler, Aslihan Unlu Tavil, Yuehong Su and Naghman Khan
The air quality of indoor spaces is the most significant parameter in providing a healthy living environment. Low indoor air quality (IAQ) leads to Sick Building Syndrome—one of the major reasons for labor loss in office buildings. The fundamental ...
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Mohammad Ayad Al-Rawi, Praneel Chand, Archie Van Mendoza Evangelista
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Poor indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has become a global concern for World Health Organization (WHO), and its impact on health and well-being has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. To monitor and sanitize indoor air, this study develops a cost...
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Wen-Tien Tsai
The objective of this paper was to offer a preliminary overview of Taiwan?s success in green building material (GBM) efforts through legal systems and promotion measures, which are relevant to the contribution to indoor air quality (IAQ) due to sustainab...
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Weixin Zhao, Simo Kilpeläinen, Wertti Bask, Sami Lestinen and Risto Kosonen
To maintain proper indoor air quality and increase energy efficiency, a demand-control ventilation (DCV) system has become a popular solution. This paper reports the findings of a field study conducted on the performance of the DCV systems in eight publi...
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Dayoung Jung, Youngtae Choe, Jihun Shin, Eunche Kim, Gihong Min, Dongjun Kim, Mansu Cho, Chaekwan Lee, Kilyong Choi, Byung Lyul Woo and Wonho Yang
The 2014 Time-Use Survey of Statistics Korea revealed that office workers are increasingly spending more than eight hours at work. This study conducted an exposure assessment for office workers in Korea. Indoor and outdoor air pollutants were measured in...
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Philip Mckeen and Zaiyi Liao
Airflow into stairwells due to stack effect is a concern affecting fire safety, energy performance, and indoor air quality. Stack effect in tall buildings can create significant pressure differentials in vertical shafts when differences in outdoor and in...
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Wen-Tien Tsai
The objective of this paper was to offer a comparative analysis of currently implemented statutory and technical regulations in Taiwan and Japan for volatile organic compounds (VOC) in indoor atmospheres. The findings should help to manage indoor air qua...
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Jingchun Shen, Yang Chen and Karthik Hejamadi Rajagopal
The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed global efforts toward transitioning to a sustainable society, driving rapid innovation in building technologies, working practices, building design, and whole life cycle environmental impact consideration. In this purs...
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Seyyed Abbas Noorian Najafabadi, Soma Sugano and Philomena M. Bluyssen
Interest in having a healthy and well-being environment has increased the awareness to improve indoor air quality (IAQ). Building materials influence the contribution of indoor air pollution, so understanding their behaviour on IAQ is essential. Among bu...
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Ewa Bragoszewska, Anna Mainka, Józef S. Pastuszka, Katarzyna Lizonczyk and Yitages Getachew Desta
The issue of healthy educational buildings is a global concern because children are particularly at risk of lung damage and infection caused by poor indoor air quality (IAQ). This article presents the results of a preliminary study of the concentration a...
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Yuhwan Kim, Chang-Ho Choi, Chang-Young Park and Seonghyun Park
In today?s society, where people spend over 90% of their time indoors, indoor air quality (IAQ) is crucial for sustaining human life. However, as various indoor activities such as cooking generate diverse types of pollutants in indoor spaces, IAQ has eme...
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