When do you know your ventilation ductwork needs cleaning, how do you go about it and what does hygienic mean? A new set of practical guides .. looks at addressing these issues.
In a recent survey of quantity surveyors, most believed that energy-efficient buildings are more expensive to build than conventional ones. But it isn't necessarily so by any means.
The CIBSE is to publish new guidance on environmental criteria later this year. This includes new material on Indoor Air Quality which provides a strategy for minimising indoor air quality problems in buildings and improving the effectiveness of outdoor air supply in controlling indoor pollution. This Chapter explains the reasons for this approach and the basis for the guidance given.
Personal exposure to total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs), benzene and toluene of 100 Milan office workers was assessed through personal air monitoring at home, in the office, and during commuting. Biological monitoring was performed by measuring blood benzene and toluene concentrations together with urinary trans-trans-muconic acid ( t,t-MA) and cotinine at the end of the monitoring period. The geometric means of the total 24-h personal exposure were 514 μg/m3 for TVOCs, 21.2 μg/m3 for benzene and 35.2 μg/m3 for toluene.
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