Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 285, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117223
Keywords
Building insulation; Indoor air quality; Pollutant concentration; Hazard evaluation; Test bed
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- Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement(KAIA) - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport [21PIYR-B153494-03]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [4199990114246] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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This study quantitatively analyzed five types of insulation materials and pollutants generated from building materials, examining the effects of pollutants discharged from insulation materials on the indoor environment. The necessity of legal management of contaminants emitted from insulation materials was proposed based on empirical research results.
Insulation materials are essential components in construction, and their main objective is to increase the efficiency of thermal energy by minimizing internal and external thermal exchange. Accordingly, research and development studies are being actively conducted to increase the thermal resistance of insulation materials, and high-performance insulation materials that use organic chemicals have been developed after industrialization. However, thermal insulation comprising chemicals poses a potential risk of pollutant emissions and can cause health problems. In this study, five types of insulation materials and the contaminants generated from the building materials used in insulation construction were quantitatively analyzed. In addition, an empirical study on the discharge of pollutants was conducted using a test bed, and the effects of the pollutants discharged from the insulation material on the indoor environment were examined by analyzing the pollutant concentration for 90 days. In addition, we analyzed the effect of an insulation material on an indoor environment through the standard specifi-cations. Moreover, the necessity of legal management of the emission of contaminants from insulation materials was proposed based on the empirical research results. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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