Indoor environment program. 1994 annual report
Buildings use approximately one-third of the energy consumed in the United States. The potential energy savings derived from reduced infiltration and ventilation in buildings are substantial, since energy use associated with conditioning and distributing ventilation air is about 5.5 EJ per year. However, since ventilation is the dominant mechanism for removing pollutants from indoor sources, reduction of ventilation can have adverse effects on indoor air quality, and on the health, comfort, and productivity of building occupants. The Indoor Environment Program in LBL`s Energy and Environment Division was established in 1977 to conduct integrated research on ventilation, indoor air quality, and energy use and efficiency in buildings for the purpose of reducing energy liabilities associated with airflows into, within, and out of buildings while maintaining or improving occupant health and comfort. The Program is part of LBL`s Center for Building Science. Research is conducted on building energy use and efficiency, ventilation and infiltration, and thermal distribution systems; on the nature, sources, transport, transformation, and deposition of indoor air pollutants; and on exposure and health risks associated with indoor air pollutants. Pollutants of particular interest include radon; volatile, semivolatile, and particulate organic compounds; and combustion emissions, including environmental tobacco smoke, CO, and NO{sub x}.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States); National Insts. of Health, Bethesda, MD (United States); Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States); Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC (United States); Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bethesda, MD (United States); California Inst. for Energy Efficiency, Berkeley, CA (United States); California State Government, Sacramento, CA (United States); Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); California State Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA (United States); Pew Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (United States); Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 272532
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-36551; ON: DE96013162; TRN: 96:004592
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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