Effect of natural ventilation and manual airing on indoor air quality in naturally ventilated Italian classrooms

Building and Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2016, Pages 180-189

  Stabile, Luca ^a   Dell'Isola, Marco ^a   Frattolillo, Andrea ^b   Massimo, Angelamaria ^a   Russi, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airing; Blower door test; CO2; Exposure; Particles; Radon; Schools

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FINANCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRESSURIZATION; RADON; TEACHING; VENTILATION;

AIRING; BLOWER DOOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; MICROMETRIC PARTICLES; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE PENETRATION; SCHOOLS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; INFILTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADON; VENTILATION;

ITALY;

EID: 84955327037     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.01.009     Document Type: Article

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