Improving the indoor air quality by using a surface emissions trap for exposure reduction
(2015) Healthy Buildings 2015 America Conference: Innovation in a Time of Energy Uncertainty and Climate Adaptation, HB 2015 p.79-82- Abstract
A prototype of a surface emissions trap, a new device for reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds and particulate matter from surfaces while allowing evaporation of moisture, was used to improve the indoor air quality of a school building with elevated air concentrations of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol. A clear improvement of the perceived air quality was noticed a few days after the trap had been attached on the PVC flooring. In parallel, decreased air concentrations of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol were found as well as a linear increase of the amounts of the same compound adsorbed on the installed trap as observed up to 13 months after installation. This study suggests that a surface emissions trap may represent a fast and efficient means of... (More)
A prototype of a surface emissions trap, a new device for reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds and particulate matter from surfaces while allowing evaporation of moisture, was used to improve the indoor air quality of a school building with elevated air concentrations of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol. A clear improvement of the perceived air quality was noticed a few days after the trap had been attached on the PVC flooring. In parallel, decreased air concentrations of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol were found as well as a linear increase of the amounts of the same compound adsorbed on the installed trap as observed up to 13 months after installation. This study suggests that a surface emissions trap may represent a fast and efficient means of restoring the indoor air quality in a building e.g. after water damage leading to irritating and potentially harmful emissions from building material surfaces indoors.
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- author
- Larsson, Lennart LU ; Markowicz, Pawel LU and Mattsson, Johan
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015-01-01
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Building dampness, Indoor air purification, School environment, Volatile organic compounds
- pages
- 4 pages
- conference name
- Healthy Buildings 2015 America Conference: Innovation in a Time of Energy Uncertainty and Climate Adaptation, HB 2015
- conference location
- Boulder, United States
- conference dates
- 2015-07-19 - 2015-07-22
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85052367610
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 4736d7a3-a251-44e0-9a72-b85f05e85c77
- alternative location
- http://www.isiaq.org/docs/Proceedings_HB2015-America.pdf
- date added to LUP
- 2018-10-01 13:00:27
- date last changed
- 2022-01-31 05:37:00
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abstract = {{<p>A prototype of a surface emissions trap, a new device for reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds and particulate matter from surfaces while allowing evaporation of moisture, was used to improve the indoor air quality of a school building with elevated air concentrations of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol. A clear improvement of the perceived air quality was noticed a few days after the trap had been attached on the PVC flooring. In parallel, decreased air concentrations of 2-ethyl-1-hexanol were found as well as a linear increase of the amounts of the same compound adsorbed on the installed trap as observed up to 13 months after installation. This study suggests that a surface emissions trap may represent a fast and efficient means of restoring the indoor air quality in a building e.g. after water damage leading to irritating and potentially harmful emissions from building material surfaces indoors.</p>}},
author = {{Larsson, Lennart and Markowicz, Pawel and Mattsson, Johan}},
keywords = {{Building dampness; Indoor air purification; School environment; Volatile organic compounds}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{01}},
pages = {{79--82}},
title = {{Improving the indoor air quality by using a surface emissions trap for exposure reduction}},
url = {{http://www.isiaq.org/docs/Proceedings_HB2015-America.pdf}},
year = {{2015}},
}