A study on the application of sorptive building materials to reduce the concentration and volume of contaminants inhaled by occupants in office areas

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-18

  Park, Seonghyun ^a   Seo, Janghoo ^a   Kim, Jeong Tai ^b  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Indoor air quality; Sorptive building materials; Toluene

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; IMPURITIES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; TOLUENE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SICK HOUSE SYNDROMES; SORPTIVE BUILDING MATERIALS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84930272056     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.12.056     Document Type: Article

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