Indoor air quality and ventilation measurements in 38 Pacific Northwest commercial buildings: Final report: Volume 1, Measurement results and interpretation

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6927807

Turk, B H; Brown, J T; Geisling-Sobotka, K; Froehlich, D A; Grimsrud, D T; Harrison, J; Koonce, J F; Prill, R J; Revzan, K L

Specific study objectives include: The characterization of a variety of indoor pollutant concentrations and ventilation rates in 38 commercial and institutional buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Buildings were to be selected from existing stock and not necessarily exhibit symptoms of poor air quality, the investigation of the relationships between observed indoor air pollutant levels and ventilation rates. Findings from this study indicate that for most pollutants that were monitored only a few percent of the sites monitored have concentrations exceeding recommended guidelines. The exception, respirable suspended particles (RSP), often exceed ambient air quality standards for total suspended particles (TSP) in smoking areas. Since RSP are only a subset of the total suspended particles, this is a significant observation. Ventilation rates average higher than those typically observed in residences and appeared to have very poor correlation to the generally low pollutant concentrations. 64 refs., 46 figs., 30 tabs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098; AI79-83BP12921
• OSTI ID: 6927807
• Report Number(s): LBL-22315-1/2; ON: DE88014064
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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