Improving the indoor air quality by efficient exposure reduction : The surface emissions trap
(2015) Healthy Buildings Europe 2015, HB 2015- Abstract
The surface emissions trap (cTrap), 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 a cTrap prototype 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 cTrap cloth as observed up to 13 months after installation. This study suggests that a surface emissions trap may represent a fast and efficient... (More)
The surface emissions trap (cTrap), 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 a cTrap prototype 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 cTrap cloth 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
- conference name
- Healthy Buildings Europe 2015, HB 2015
- conference location
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- conference dates
- 2015-05-18 - 2015-05-20
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85052375144
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- d94aa6f0-b485-416a-a615-1fbe471ed361
- date added to LUP
- 2018-10-01 12:55:33
- date last changed
- 2022-01-31 05:37:00
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author = {{Larsson, Lennart and Markowicz, Pawel and Mattsson, Johan}},
keywords = {{Building dampness; Indoor air purification; School environment; Volatile organic compounds}},
language = {{eng}},
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title = {{Improving the indoor air quality by efficient exposure reduction : The surface emissions trap}},
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