Survey of occupant behaviour, energy use and indoor air quality in Greenlandic dwellings

• Main Author: Kotol, Martin
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Indoor Air Quality; User habits; Cold Climates; Energy Use; Residential Buildings; Ventilation; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy; SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy; /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/sustainable_cities_and_communities; SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities; Arctic; Greenland; Sisimiut; greenlandic
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/73fefd0a-c69a-444f-b408-cf39328dde56; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/52204200/Article_16_3_2012.pdf

In cold arctic regions people usually spend over 70% of their time indoors. The effect of poor indoor air quality on occupants’ health and comfort is therefore considerable. Dwellings in Greenland consume very large amounts of energy (in average over 370 kWh/year per m2) and in addition, they provid...