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Sci Total Environ

Title:		Assessment of indoor air quality in office buildings across Europe - The OFFICAIR study
Author(s):		Mandin C; Trantallidi M; Cattaneo A; Canha N; Mihucz VG; Szigeti T; Mabilia R; Perreca E; Spinazze A; Fossati S; De Kluizenaar Y; Cornelissen E; Sakellaris I; Saraga D; Hanninen O; De Oliveira Fernandes E; Ventura G; Wolkoff P; Carrer P; Bartzis J;
Address:		"Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB), Marne-la-Vallee, France. Electronic address: corinne.mandin@cstb.fr. University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria, Como, Italy. Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB), Marne-la-Vallee, France. Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Rome, Italy. The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Delft, The Netherlands. University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece. National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Kuopio, Finland. Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management (INEGI), Porto, Portugal. National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark"
Journal Title:		Sci Total Environ
Year:		2017
Volume:		20161117
Issue:
Page Number:		169 - 178
DOI:		10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.238
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The European project OFFICAIR aimed to broaden the existing knowledge regarding indoor air quality (IAQ) in modern office buildings, i.e., recently built or refurbished buildings. Thirty-seven office buildings participated in the summer campaign (2012), and thirty-five participated in the winter campaign (2012-2013). Four rooms were investigated per building. The target pollutants were twelve volatile organic compounds, seven aldehydes, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter <2.5mum (PM(2.5)). Compared to other studies in office buildings, the benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene concentrations were lower in OFFICAIR buildings, while the alpha-pinene and d-limonene concentrations were higher, and the aldehyde, nitrogen dioxide and PM(2.5) concentrations were of the same order of magnitude. When comparing summer and winter, significantly higher concentrations were measured in summer for formaldehyde and ozone, and in winter for benzene, alpha-pinene, d-limonene, and nitrogen dioxide. The terpene and 2-ethylhexanol concentrations showed heterogeneity within buildings regardless of the season. Considering the average of the summer and winter concentrations, the acetaldehyde and hexanal concentrations tended to increase by 4-5% on average with every floor level increase, and the nitrogen dioxide concentration tended to decrease by 3% on average with every floor level increase. A preliminary evaluation of IAQ in terms of potential irritative and respiratory health effects was performed. The 5-day median and maximum indoor air concentrations of formaldehyde and ozone did not exceed their respective WHO air quality guidelines, and those of acrolein, alpha-pinene, and d-limonene were lower than their estimated thresholds for irritative and respiratory effects. PM(2.5) indoor concentrations were higher than the 24-h and annual WHO ambient air quality guidelines"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants/*analysis Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis/statistics & numerical data *Environmental Monitoring Europe Particulate Matter/analysis Volatile Organic Compounds/analysis Iaq Particulate matter Seasonal variability Spatial variability Terpene V;"
Notes:		"MedlineMandin, Corinne Trantallidi, Marilena Cattaneo, Andrea Canha, Nuno Mihucz, Victor G Szigeti, Tamas Mabilia, Rosanna Perreca, Erica Spinazze, Andrea Fossati, Serena De Kluizenaar, Yvonne Cornelissen, Eric Sakellaris, Ioannis Saraga, Dikaia Hanninen, Otto De Oliveira Fernandes, Eduardo Ventura, Gabriela Wolkoff, Peder Carrer, Paolo Bartzis, John eng Netherlands 2016/11/22 Sci Total Environ. 2017 Feb 1; 579:169-178. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.238. Epub 2016 Nov 17"