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Title: Results of the California Healthy Homes Indoor Air Quality Study of 2011-2013: Impact of natural gas appliances on air pollutant concentrations

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the current impact of natural gas appliances on air quality in California homes. Data were collected via telephone interviews and measurements inside and outside of 352 homes. Passive samplers measured time-resolved CO and time-integrated NOX, NO2, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde over ~6d periods in November 2011 - April 2012 and October 2012 - March 2013. The fraction of indoor NOX and NO2 attributable to indoor sources was estimated. NOX, NO2 and highest 1-h CO were higher in homes that cooked with gas and increased with amount of gas cooking. NOX and NO2 were higher in homes with cooktop pilot burners, relative to gas cooking without pilots. Homes with a pilot burner on a floor or wall furnace had higher kitchen and bedroom NOX and NO2 compared to homes without a furnace pilot. When scaled to account for varying home size and mixing volume, indoor-attributed bedroom and kitchen NOX and kitchen NO2 were not higher in homes with wall or floor furnace pilot burners, though bedroom NO2 was higher. In homes that cooked 4 h or more with gas, self-reported use of kitchen exhaust was associated with lower NOX, NO2 and highest 1-h CO. Gas appliancesmore » were not associated with higher concentrations of formaldehyde or acetaldehyde.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Gap Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Environmental Energy Technologies Div.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1236693
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1400507
Report Number(s):
LBNL-185629
Journal ID: ISSN 0905-6947; ir:185629
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Indoor Air
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0905-6947
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Mullen, Nasim A., Li, Jina, Russell, Marion L., Spears, Michael, Less, Brennan D., and Singer, Brett C. Results of the California Healthy Homes Indoor Air Quality Study of 2011-2013: Impact of natural gas appliances on air pollutant concentrations. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1111/ina.12190.
Mullen, Nasim A., Li, Jina, Russell, Marion L., Spears, Michael, Less, Brennan D., & Singer, Brett C. Results of the California Healthy Homes Indoor Air Quality Study of 2011-2013: Impact of natural gas appliances on air pollutant concentrations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12190
Mullen, Nasim A., Li, Jina, Russell, Marion L., Spears, Michael, Less, Brennan D., and Singer, Brett C. 2015. "Results of the California Healthy Homes Indoor Air Quality Study of 2011-2013: Impact of natural gas appliances on air pollutant concentrations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12190. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1236693.
@article{osti_1236693,
title = {Results of the California Healthy Homes Indoor Air Quality Study of 2011-2013: Impact of natural gas appliances on air pollutant concentrations},
author = {Mullen, Nasim A. and Li, Jina and Russell, Marion L. and Spears, Michael and Less, Brennan D. and Singer, Brett C.},
abstractNote = {This study was conducted to assess the current impact of natural gas appliances on air quality in California homes. Data were collected via telephone interviews and measurements inside and outside of 352 homes. Passive samplers measured time-resolved CO and time-integrated NOX, NO2, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde over ~6d periods in November 2011 - April 2012 and October 2012 - March 2013. The fraction of indoor NOX and NO2 attributable to indoor sources was estimated. NOX, NO2 and highest 1-h CO were higher in homes that cooked with gas and increased with amount of gas cooking. NOX and NO2 were higher in homes with cooktop pilot burners, relative to gas cooking without pilots. Homes with a pilot burner on a floor or wall furnace had higher kitchen and bedroom NOX and NO2 compared to homes without a furnace pilot. When scaled to account for varying home size and mixing volume, indoor-attributed bedroom and kitchen NOX and kitchen NO2 were not higher in homes with wall or floor furnace pilot burners, though bedroom NO2 was higher. In homes that cooked 4 h or more with gas, self-reported use of kitchen exhaust was associated with lower NOX, NO2 and highest 1-h CO. Gas appliances were not associated with higher concentrations of formaldehyde or acetaldehyde.},
doi = {10.1111/ina.12190},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1236693}, journal = {Indoor Air},
issn = {0905-6947},
number = 2,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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