Is CO2 a good proxy for indoor air quality in classrooms? Part 1: The interrelationships between thermal conditions, CO2 levels, ventilation rates and selected indoor pollutants

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-161

  Chatzidiakou, Lia ^a   Mumovic, Dejan ^a   Summerfield, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide and ventilation rates; Indoor air quality; particulate matter; school classrooms; temperatures; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCHOOL BUILDINGS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL POLLUTION; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCHOOL CLASSROOMS; TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRAFFIC-RELATED POLLUTANTS; VENTILATION RATE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84923335586     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: 14770849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624414566244     Document Type: Article

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