A new framework for indoor air chemistry measurements: Towards a better understanding of indoor air pollution
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2024

This paper reports on the findings from INDAIRPOLLNET (INDoor AIR POLLution NETwork), a recently completed European COST Action network. INDAIRPOLLNET ran from September 2018 to March 2023 with more than 200 indoor and outdoor air quality scientists from universities, large and small companies, and research institutes around Europe and beyond. The expertise of our interdisciplinary network members covered chemistry, biology, standardisation, household energy, particulate matter characterisation, toxicology, exposure assessment, air cleaning, building materials, building physics and engineering (including ventilation and energy), and building design. The aim of INDAIRPOLLNET was to design a framework for future indoor air chemistry field campaigns, building on our improved understanding of indoor air chemistry. The main focus of our network was to better understand the sources, transformations and fate of chemical pollutants found in the air in buildings. In this paper, we present the main findings from our network, which include a call for greater spatial and temporal coverage of measurements indoors, the need for standardised techniques for indoor measurements and the
impact of occupants on indoor air quality. We also present a checklist of building parameters that should be measured in any future indoor air campaign. Finally, we present our new framework, focusing on 5 key research areas: reactivity in indoor environments; mapping organic constituents indoors; the role of the occupant in indoor air chemistry; indoor modelling studies and novel materials and technologies indoors. We hope this framework will be of use to the indoor air quality community, enabling healthier buildings for the future.

Indoor air quality

Indoor air chemistry

INDAIRPOLLNET

EU COST Action

Författare

Nicola Carslaw

University of York

Gabriel Beko

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Sarka Langer

IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet

Coralie Schoemaecker

Université de Lille

Victor G. Mihucz

Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

Marzenna Dudzinska

Lublins universitet

Peter wiesen

University of Wuppertal

Sascha Nehr

CBS International Business School

Kati Huttunen

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Xavier Querol

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDÆA)

David Shaw

University of York

Indoor Environments

2950-3620 (ISSN)

Vol. 1 1 1-2 100001

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Samhällsbyggnadsteknik

Husbyggnad

DOI

10.1016/j.indenv.2023.100001

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2024-04-30