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Wood as a construction material affects indoor environmental quality by moisture buffering, good acoustic properties and by the wood specific volatile organic compounds (VOC). The most abundant VOCs of soft wood are volatile monoterpenes (VM) giving the typical odor of wood. In the present study, long-term VM emissions of wood of two northern coniferous tree species, Scots pine and Norway spruce were observed regularly during one year in storage. Fresh and dried 20 cm long wood blocks were placed in a test chamber; VMs were collected with the solid phase micro extraction fiber and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometer. Average emission of nine different VMs, α- and β-pinene, 3-carene, limonene, terpinolene, myrcene, camphene,  ortho -cymene and ƴ-terpinene, decreased 68–87% during one-year long storage. Moisture content (MC), knots, tree species and tree individual affected the VM emissions from wood. When a certain level of MC (12%) was reached, the VM levels decreased, but the method of drying (industrial or dried in storage) did not affect the amount of released VMs. Rehydration and dehydration increased and decreased VM emissions, respectively. Moreover, two of the eight Scots pine heartwood planks contained almost no 3-carene while being the most abundant monoterpene in the others.

Indoor storage time affects the quality and quantity of volatile monoterpenes emitted from softwood timber