Journal
INDOOR AIR-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 35-48Publisher
MUNKSGAARD INT PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0668.2001.011001035.x
Keywords
emission sources; indoor air quality; occupants; offices; optical particle counters; video
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This paper characterizes the relationship between occupant activities and indoor air particulate levels in a non-smoking office building. Occupant activities were recorded on video. Particulate concentrations were monitored by three optical particle counters (OPCs) in five size ranges at three heights. Particulate mass concentrations were measured gravimetrically and bioaerosol concentrations were determined by impaction methods. Occupant activities and number concentrations were determined with 1-min resolution over a 1-week period. Occupant activities such as walking past or visiting the monitoring site explained 24-55% of the variation of 1- to 25-mum diameter particle number concentrations. Statistical models associating particulate concentrations with occupant activities depended on the size fraction and included an autocorrelative term. Occupant activities are estimated to contribute up to 10 mug m(-3) in particulate concentrations per person. Number concentrations of particles smaller than 1 mum had little correlation with indoor activities other than cigarette smoking and were highly correlated with outdoor levels. The method tan be used to characterize emissions from activities if rapid measurements can be made and if activities can be coded from the video record.
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