ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

作     者：S.A.S.L.Sumanasekara C.Jayasinghe 

作者机构：Department of Civil EngineeringUniversity of MoratuwaSri Lanka 

出 版 物：《Journal of Green Building》 (绿色建筑学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2018年第13卷第4期

页      面：19-38页

核心收录：

学科分类：081704[工学-应用化学] 07[理学] 070304[理学-物理化学(含∶化学物理)] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 0703[理学-化学] 

基　　金：Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa University of Moratuwa 

主　　题：indoor air quality material substances indigenous knowledge TVOC 

摘      要：Most of the time people stay in confined environments and thus are highly exposed to accumulated indoor *** environmental pollution has been identified as one of the most prevalent causes for health problems,such as sick building syndrome.ese health problems have been magnified with the introduction of energy efficient building concepts,coupled with limited fresh air supply,which has compromised the effective means of air ***,the frequent use of chemical substances for numerous purposes contributes to indoor air pollution.erefore,investigation of alternative techniques to improve indoor environmental quality has been extensively studied in the last two *** Sri Lanka,there is a potential for studying indigenous techniques to improve indoor air ***,verification of such techniques and quantification of their impacts has not been given much *** research focus of this paper is to identify those material substances that can be used to absorb pollutants and lessen their harmful impacts and thereby improve air purification.A chamber study was used to quantify air purification using different material substances and considering the following parameters:total volatile organic compound(TVOC)and Carbon Monoxide(CO)***,the results obtained in the chamber study were assessed for its projection to real applications by comparison with a study conducted in an actual indoor *** outcome of the study has revealed that the indigenous knowledge of Sri Lanka can be used to improve indoor air quality.