Mattia Borelli, Andrea Bergomi, Paola Fermo, Letizia Sassi, Sara De Bernardis, Aligi Marini, Chiara Andrea Lombardi, Valeria Comite
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Abstract
Given that people spend on average more than 80% of their time indoors, monitoring indoor air quality (IAQ) is of the utmost importance for the safeguard of human health. Indeed, due to penetration from outdoors and the presence of specific indoor sources, poor IAQ is not uncommon. The use of portable air cleaners (PACs) is one of many options to improve IAQ. The market offers many products, but not all of them have reliable documentation on their effectiveness. Literature standard methods for testing PACs toward pollutants require extensive resources. In this work, we developed a new laboratory scale methodology based on a small, easy to use, economical batch system to test the efficiency of PACs. With this method, three commercial PACs were successfully tested for effectiveness toward volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM). The method proved successful, and the results highlighted the importance of conducting these tests, in addition to field investigations.
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The quality of the environment within buildings is a topic of major importance for public health.
Indoor Air provides a location for reporting original research results in the broad area defined by the indoor environment of non-industrial buildings. An international journal with multidisciplinary content, Indoor Air publishes papers reflecting the broad categories of interest in this field: health effects; thermal comfort; monitoring and modelling; source characterization; ventilation and other environmental control techniques.
The research results present the basic information to allow designers, building owners, and operators to provide a healthy and comfortable environment for building occupants, as well as giving medical practitioners information on how to deal with illnesses related to the indoor environment.
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