Definition of standard office environments for evaluating the impact of office furniture emissions on indoor VOC concentrations

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 113 PART 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 466-477

  Carter, Randal D ^a,b,c   Zhang, Jianshun S ^a,d  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b Codes and Approvals Department of Steelcase Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) International   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; AIR FLOW RATES; AMERICAN SOCIETY; ANNUAL MEETINGS; CROSS SECTIONING; EMISSION RATES (ER); EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); EMITTING SURFACES; FLOOR PLANNING; OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS; OFFICE FURNITURES; OFFICE SPACE; SURFACE AREA (SA);

AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FISH; FLOORS; FURNITURE MANUFACTURE; HEATING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; STANDARDS; SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

EID: 45749122792     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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