Indoor air quality investigations in a naturally ventilated school building located close to an urban roadway in Chennai, India

Building and Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-167

  Chithra, V S ^a   Shiva Nagendra, S M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Meteorology; Occupancy; Particulate matter; School; Traffic

Indexed keywords

CO CONCENTRATIONS; COMFORT PARAMETER; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; MEAN VALUES; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; OCCUPANCY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCHOOL; SUMMER SEASON; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CARBON MONOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDUCATION; INDOOR AIR; METEOROLOGY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; VENTILATION; WINTER;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84858736199     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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