Building ventilation and indoor air quality. Annual report, FY 1983. Excerpt

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5449194

Research includes characterization of the emission of various pollutant classes from their respective sources, study of the effectivness of ventilation in removing pollutants from indoor atmosphere, and examination of the nature and importance of chemical and physical reactions that can affect the occurrence and amount of airborne pollutants. The program has groups devoted specifically to three major pollutant classes: combustion products, arising from indoor appliances and other sources; radon and its daughters, arising from materials that contain radium, a naturally occurring radionuclide; and formaldehyde and other organics, arising from a variety of materials and furnishings. In addition, other groups study techniques for controlling airborne concentrations, develop devices for monitoring pollutants in laboratories and buildings, and design or carry out field surveys of indoor air quality. Significant effort is also devoted to assessment of the health effects of indoor pollutants exposures. The core of these efforts consists of research on the behavior of indoor air pollutants, specifically the influence on airborne concentrations of three classes of factors: source strengths or emission rates, ventilation rates or effectiveness, and reaction and transformation mechanisms. The work carried out by the individual groups is primarily experimental, consisting of fundamental - and often quite sophisticated - experiments on pollutant emission, transport, and removal, complemented by significant efforts advancing the theoretical framework within which results maybe considered.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5449194
• Report Number(s): LBL-17072-Exc.; EEB-Vent-84-1; ON: DE85016558
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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