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Materials (Basel)

Title:		Natural Building Materials for Interior Fitting and Refurbishment-What about Indoor Emissions?
Author(s):		Richter M; Horn W; Juritsch E; Klinge A; Radeljic L; Jann O;
Address:		"Materials and Air Pollutants Division, Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und -prufung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 44-46, 12203 Berlin, Germany. ZRS Architekten Ingenieure, Schlesische Strasse 26, 10997 Berlin, Germany"
Journal Title:		Materials (Basel)
Year:		2021
Volume:		20210105
Issue:		1
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/ma14010234
ISSN/ISBN:		1996-1944 (Print) 1996-1944 (Electronic) 1996-1944 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Indoor air quality can be adversely affected by emissions from building materials, consequently having a negative impact on human health and well-being. In this study, more than 30 natural building materials (earth dry boards and plasters, bio-based insulation materials, and boards made of wood, flax, reed, straw, etc.) used for interior works were investigated as to their emissions of (semi-)volatile organic compounds ((S)VOC), formaldehyde, and radon. The study focused on the emissions from complete wall build-ups as they can be used for internal partition walls and the internal insulation of external walls. Test chambers were designed, allowing the compounds to release only from the surface of the material facing indoors under testing parameters that were chosen to simulate model room conditions. The emission test results were evaluated using the AgBB evaluation scheme, a procedure for the health-related evaluation of construction products and currently applied for the approval of specific groups of building materials in Germany. Seventeen out of 19 sample build-ups tested in this study would have passed this scheme since they generally proved to be low-emitting and although the combined emissions of multiple materials were tested, 50% of the measurements could be terminated before half of the total testing time"
Keywords:		bio-based insulation earthen building materials formaldehyde radon semi-volatile organic compounds volatile organic compounds;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINERichter, Matthias Horn, Wolfgang Juritsch, Elevtheria Klinge, Andrea Radeljic, Leon Jann, Oliver eng 608893/European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration/ Switzerland 2021/01/21 Materials (Basel). 2021 Jan 5; 14(1):234. doi: 10.3390/ma14010234"