A Study on the Improvement of Indoor Air Quality of Newly-Built Apartment Houses Using Low Emission Building Materials

This study aims to improve the indoor air quality of newly-built apartment houses in Korea through the measurement and evaluation of formaldehyde (HCHO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) generated from building finishing materials at each construction stage. Small chamber tests were carried out...

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Published inJournal of Asian architecture and building engineering Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 235 - 240
Main Authors Park, Jin Chul, Kwon, Young Cheol, Jun, Hyun Do
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Japan Science and Technology Agency 2011
Subjects
Air quality
Apartment buildings
Building materials
Construction materials
Emission analysis
Finishing
Indoor
Volatile organic compounds
Korea, Rep
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Summary:This study aims to improve the indoor air quality of newly-built apartment houses in Korea through the measurement and evaluation of formaldehyde (HCHO) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) generated from building finishing materials at each construction stage. Small chamber tests were carried out for 12 kinds of low emission building finishing materials and 10 site measurements were conducted according to the construction stage. The study showed that the concentration of HCHO and VOCs could be controlled by the use of low emission building materials.
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ISSN:1346-7581
1347-2852
1347-2852
DOI:10.3130/jaabe.10.235