A new approach for indoor climate labeling of building materials - Emission testing, modeling, and comfort evaluation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2679-2689

  Wolkoff, Peder ^a   Nielsen, Peter A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Building materials; Comfort; Emission; Health evaluation; Indoor air quality; Labeling; Modeling; Time value t(C(m)); Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; DENMARK; HEALTH HAZARD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TIME;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH; LABELING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ODORS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SEALANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL EMISSION TESTING; COMFORT EVALUATION; EMISSION TESTING; FIELD AND LABORATORY EMISSION CELL; HEALTH EVALUATION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR CLIMATE LABELING;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; BUILDING MATERIAL; HEALTH EVALUATION; INDOOR CLIMATE; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; PRODUCT LABELLING; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; VOC;

DENMARK;

EID: 0029662530     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00323-1     Document Type: Article

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