Assessment of school building air quality in a desert climate

Building and Environment

Volumn 94, Issue , 2015, Pages 569-579

  Al Hubail, Jamal ^a   Al Temeemi, Abdul Salam ^a  

^a Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Building environment; Classroom environment; Indoor air pollution; Indoor air quality; Kuwait; Particular matter; Sick building syndrome; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; POLLUTION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BUILDING ENVIRONMENT; CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; KUWAIT; PARTICULAR MATTER; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; STUDENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 84946049583     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.10.013     Document Type: Article

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