Information on Indoor Air Quality and Building Energy Efficient Homes.

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6066759

Concurrent with the effort to conserve energy in the Pacific Northwest, concerns have emerged about those conservation measures which reduce natural air infiltration in buildings. The reduction of air infiltration can lead to increased levels of whatever air pollutants might be present in a building, and therefore can increase risks to the health of building occupants. As yet, not all questions about relationships between air infiltration, sources of indoor air pollutants, indoor air quality, human health, and mitigation strategies have been answered. Nonetheless, decisions which affect energy consumption have to be made. The following information in indoor air quality is being given to those entities with responsibility for adopting building codes or service requirements for achieving the Northwest Power Council's Model Conservation Standards. This booklet tries to place the issue in perspective by discussing ventilation, the Model Conservation Standards, possible methods of compensating for reductions in natural infiltration, and the characteristics of indoor air pollutants. 77 references.

• Research Organization: USDOE Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR. Office of Conservation
• OSTI ID: 6066759
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-351; ON: DE85007997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
AEROSOLS
AIR INFILTRATION
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
ALDEHYDES
AROMATICS
ASBESTOS
BENZOPYRENE
BUILDINGS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLOIDS
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DISPERSIONS
Dwellings - Energy conservation - Environmental aspects
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FLUIDS
FORMALDEHYDE
GASES
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HUMIDITY
HYDROCARBONS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
Indoor air pollution
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING METHODS
MOISTURE
MONITORING
NITRIC OXIDE
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
POLLUTION
RADON
RARE GASES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
RESIDUES
SMOKES
SOLS
STANDARDS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TOBACCO SMOKES