Open AccessChallenges for Indoor Air Quality Management
Author(s) -
Erem Admin,
Violeta Kaunelienė
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aplinkos tyrimai, inžinerija ir vadyba
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.223
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2029-2139
pISSN - 1392-1649
DOI - 10.5755/j01.erem.77.4.30289
Subject(s) - indoor air quality , ventilation (architecture) , environmental science , air quality index , environmental planning , indoor air , air pollution , environmental health , architectural engineering , business , environmental engineering , engineering , geography , meteorology , medicine , chemistry , organic chemistry
We live indoors. In the developed countries, people spent80-90% of time in buildings. Therefore, among the environmentalfactors, indoor air quality (IAQ) is a significant,if not the most significant, factor affecting human health.Scientific evidence has indicated that indoor air can bemore seriously polluted than the outdoor air in even thelargest and most industrialized cities. Indoor air pollutioncauses long- and short-term health problems and, dependingon the severity, can even make staying indoorsvery uncomfortable. Management of IAQ is a complicatedtask due to complexity of pollution sources and alimited number of measures applicable such as reducingcontaminants at the source, improving ventilation, and,when relevant, purifying the indoor air