Residential weatherization - indoor air pollution
The important factors to be considered in determining indoor air pollution concentrations in residences are described. Predictions of indoor air pollution concentrations and their impacts on human health and the environment were made in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) written for a residential weatherization program. This program is designed to reduce energy consumption by reducing the air-infiltration (air-exchange rate), by offering air-infiltration reduction measures to eligible electrically-heated residences. Indoor air pollutant concentrations are predicted in four residence types: single family attached (i.e., duplexes, fourplexes), single family detached, mobile homes, and apartments.) The pollutants addressed in the EIS are: radon, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, respirable particulates, and benzo-(a)-pyrene. The major sources of each pollutant in a residence are given. For each pollutant and each source, a range of emission rates (mass/unit/time) are determined from those given in the literature, or calculated from reported indoor concentrations, or estimated based on available data. From the emission rates, indoor air concentrations are calculated for each pollutant, in each residence type and for each air-infiltration reduction measure.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5216160
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-10020; CONF-820723-1; ON: DE82018850
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: National conference on environmental engineering, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 14 Jul 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
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WEATHERIZATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
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CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FORMALDEHYDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
PARTICULATES
RADON
VENTILATION
AIR POLLUTION
ALDEHYDES
AROMATICS
BUILDINGS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CONDENSED AROMATICS
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
MASS TRANSFER
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
POLLUTION
RARE GASES
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