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Abstract | The exposure of children to indoor air pollutants in school classrooms might cause them adverse health effects. In order to confront this issue, the in-depth study and evaluation of the indoor air quality in classrooms is necessary. The aims of this study are to characterize the environmental factors that affect indoor air quality. Several indoor air pollutants such as the concentrations of the particulate matter (PM) of several different size ranges, carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and VOCs, were simultaneously measured in classrooms as well as the outdoor environment in nine primary schools in Athens, Greece during April 2013. Measurements were performed for more than 7 hours per day, for a period of one to five days in a classroom, per school. The first results indicate extreme PM10 concentrations in many cases with varying fluctuations throughout the day, mainly attributed to the presence of students, inadequate level of ventilation and chalk dust while the ultrafine particles (UFP) remained in rather low levels. In most of the cases the indoor concentrations exceeded the outdoor ones by more than ten times. Carbon dioxide concentrations in many cases exceeded the recommended limit value indicating inadequate levels of ventilation. |
Author/Creator | Dorizas, Paraskevi Vivian; Assimakopoulos, Margarita-Niki; Helmis, Constantinos; Santamouris, Mattheos | Contractor | Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΕΚΠΑ) |
Source | 34th AIVC-3rd TightVent- 2nd Cool Roofs'-1st venticool Conference, Athens, Greece, 25-26 September, 2013, pp 110-113 |
Language | English | Date | 2013 |
Extent | 10 pages |
Subject | οικολογία φυσικές επιστήμες ατμοσφαιρική ρύπανση υγεία |
Keywords | Indoor air quality, Schools, Particulate matter, Airborne fungi, PCA, Athens, Health, Atmospheric pollution, PM, CO2, CO, VOCs, Ventilation, Εσωτερικό περιβάλλον, Σχολικά κτίρια, Ποιότητα του αέρα, Εσωτερικό περιβάλλον, Σχολικά κτίρια, Μύκητες, Αθήνα, Εξαερισμός | Spatial Coverage | Greece | Is Related to | Ρύπανση εσωτερικού περιβάλλοντος από υπομετρικά σωματίδια με ελεγχόμενες συνθήκες αερισμου σε κτίρια Particulate matter and airborne fungi concentrations in schools in Athens Correlation of particulate matter with airborne fungi in schools in Greece |
Type | Text (Journal article) | Scientific Coordinator | Ιακωβίδης, Κωνσταντίνος |
Project Notes | Πράξη: Ρύπανση εσωτερικού περιβάλλοντος από υπομετρικά σωματίδια με ελεγχόμενες συνθήκες αερισμού σε ιδιωτικά κτίρια Δράση: Ηράκλειτος II |
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