An inter-laboratory comparison study of the ANSI/BIFMA standard test method M7.1 for furniture

9th International Conference and Exhibition - Healthy Buildings 2009, HB 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Jensen ^a   Mason, Mark ^b   Hodgson, Alfred ^c   Guo, Beverly ^a   Krebs, Ken ^b   Barry, Alpha ^d   Peters, Ben ^e  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Berkeley Analytical   (United States)

^d FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^e Material Analytical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission test method; IAQ; Office furniture; Volatile organic compound (VOC)

Indexed keywords

DRY MATERIALS; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION TEST; IAQ; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; LOWER BOUNDS; OFFICE FURNITURE; POWER LAW MODEL; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; ROUND ROBIN; STANDARD TEST METHOD; TEST CHAMBERS; TEST METHOD; VOC EMISSIONS;

EXHIBITIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

LABORATORIES;

EID: 84872668207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. ANSI/BIFMA M7.1-2007. Standard Test Method for Determining VOC Emissions from Office Furniture Systems, Components and Seating. BIFMA Intl., Grand Rapids, MI.
2. Howard-Reed, C. and S.J. Nabinger. 2006. Developing a Standard Reference Material for VOC Emissions Testing. Proceedings of EPA/AWMA conference on Indoor Environmental Quality: Problems, Research and Solutions, Durham, NC July 17-19, 2006.