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Indoor air quality measurements in energy efficient buildings

Author
Hollowell, C. D.
Published
United States : [publisher not identified], 1978.
Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service, [approximately 1978]
Physical Description
microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm
Additional Creators
Berk, J. V. and Traynor, G. W.

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Summary
The Energy Efficient Buildings Program of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) has designed and fabricated a mobile laboratory for research and development studies of ventilation requirements and energy utilization in residential and commercial buildings. The Energy Efficient Buildings (EEB) Mobile Laboratory is used in studies of indoor air quality in buildings before and after energy conservation retrofits and in new buildings incorporating energy efficient designs. Indoor air quality measurements have been conducted in residential buildings and work in progress includes indoor air quality monitoring in schools, hospitals, and energy efficient residential buildings. The monitoring program includes measurement of CO, CO/sub 2/, SO/sub 2/, NO, NO/sub 2/, O/sub 3/, infiltration rate (tracer gas technique), and aerosol size distribution on a continuous basis. Total and respirable-fraction particulate samples are collected on membrane filter media for analysis by x-ray fluorescence (XRFA), photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA), proton activation analysis (PAA), combustion, and wet-chemistry techniques for the determination of particulate elemental composition (S, N, C, etc.) and ionic species such as SO/sub 4//sup 2 -/, NO/sub 3//sup -/, and NH/sub 4//sup +/. Results of the initial phases of this program indicate that the concentrations of some gaseous and respirable particulate air pollutants in specific indoor environments exceed those levels commonly found in the outdoor urban air environment.
Report Numbers
LBL-7831; CONF-780636-12
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Collection
NTIS collection.
Note
DOE contract number: W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI Identifier 6606308
Research organization: California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
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