Volatile organic compounds in office buildings: 1. Presence of volatile organic compounds in the indoor air

Lagoudi, A; Loizidou, M; Asimakopoulos, D

dc.contributor.author	Lagoudi, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Loizidou, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Asimakopoulos, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:44:57Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:44:57Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en
dc.identifier.issn	1420326X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/24527
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dc.subject	Indoor air	en
dc.subject	Offices	en
dc.subject	Toxic volatile organic compounds	en
dc.subject	Volatile organic compounds	en
dc.title	Volatile organic compounds in office buildings: 1. Presence of volatile organic compounds in the indoor air	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	1996	en
heal.abstract	There is growing awareness concerning the variety of VOCs as well as their level in the indoor air. Measurements of VOCs were carried out in both the indoor and the outdoor air of six office buildings in Greece together with the measurements of other physical and chemical parameters. The experimental results showed that the toxic VOC (TVOC) concentrations in 65% of the rooms were higher than the recommended level of 200 μg-m-3 and that the concentrations of TVOCs in the outdoor air were lower than the concentrations in the indoor air in all the buildings examined. More than 60 compounds were identified from the TVOCs in each building among which the aromatic and aliphatic compounds were the most abundant. Although a number of other compounds were found, including terpenes, ketones, alcohols, aldehydes, esters and halogenated compounds, most of them did not exceed the level of 20 μg-m-3 in most of the rooms.	en
heal.journalName	Indoor and Built Environment	en
dc.identifier.volume	5	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.spage	341	en
dc.identifier.epage	347	en