Comparison of indoor and outdoor air quality. Final report, March 1981

Data are presented from a 24-month comprehensive study of the air quality in indoor non-industrial environments. A nine-month field study in the Boston metropolitan area monitored and compared indoor and outdoor air quality at ten residences and two office buildings. Seasonal variations were investi...

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Main Authors: Moschandreas, D.J., Zabransky, J., Pelton, D.J.
Language:unknown
Published: 2020
Subjects:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
HOUSES
AIR QUALITY
HYDROCARBONS
MASSACHUSETTS
NITRIC OXIDE
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
OFFICE BUILDINGS
OZONE
SULFUR DIOXIDE
AEROSOLS
AIR POLLUTION
CHRONIC INTAKE
DATA
DATA ACQUISITION
ELECTRIC POWER
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HUMAN POPULATIONS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
MONITORING
NATURAL GAS
PARTICLES
TOBACCO SMOKES
BUILDINGS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
INFORMATION
INTAKE
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6795433
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6795433
https://doi.org/10.2172/6795433
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Summary:Data are presented from a 24-month comprehensive study of the air quality in indoor non-industrial environments. A nine-month field study in the Boston metropolitan area monitored and compared indoor and outdoor air quality at ten residences and two office buildings. Seasonal variations were investigated under real-life conditions. Residences were classified as having indoor sources (gas facilities) or lacking indoor sources (electric facilities). Sulfur dioxide and ozone concentrations were consistently higher outdoors while indoor levels of nonmethane hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide were consistently higher. In general, indoor concentrations of carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and nitrogen dioxide are greater than corresponding outdoor levels in residences with gas facilities. The indoor concentrations of CO, NO and NO/sub 2/ in residences with electric facilities are similar to outdoor levels. Indoor office concentrations of CO, NO and NO/sub 2/ usually track outdoor levels. Concentrations of total suspended particulates (TSP) were consistently higher indoors at all residences, but the difference was more pronounced at residences with smoking occupants. Indoor levels of TSP at the office buildings were equal to or slightly below outdoor levels.

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