Relationship of indoor and outdoor air pollutants in a naturally ventilated historical building envelope

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1460-1468

  Lopez Aparicio S ^a   Smolik J ^b   Maskova L ^b,c   Souckova M ^d   Grontoft T ^a   Ondrackova L ^b   Stankiewicz, J ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d National Library of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Indoor outdoor ratio; Library; Natural ventilation; Organic acids

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DILUTION PROCESS; GASPHASE; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HISTORICAL BUILDINGS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; INDOOR POLLUTION; INDOOR/OUTDOOR RATIO; MATERIAL EXPOSURES; NATIONAL LIBRARIES; NATURAL VENTILATION; OUTDOOR AIR; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VENTILATED SYSTEM;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARCHITECTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORMIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLLUTION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; VENTILATION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; ORGANIC ACID; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VENTILATION;

EID: 79951945877     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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