Residential pollutants and ventilation strategies: volatile organic compounds and radon
Grimsrud, D. T. and Hadlich, D. E.
1999
ASHRAE Transactions, Annual Meeting , Seattle, 15 pp, 3 tabs, refs
VOC, radon, building design, maintenance, residential building
Grimsrud, D. T. and Hadlich, D. E., (1999), "Residential pollutants and ventilation strategies: volatile organic compounds and radon", ASHRAE Transactions, Annual Meeting , Seattle, 15 pp, 3 tabs, refs.
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| This paper reviews literature that reports investigations of residential ventilation and indoor air quality. Two important residential pollutant classes, volatile organic compounds and radon, are examined. A companion paper (Hadlich and Grimsrud 1999) examines moisture and combustion pollutants. Control strategies recommended from the review include appropriate building design to prevent or limit the sources of the pollutants within the space, proper operation and maintenance to prevent adverse conditions from developing during the building's life and appropriate use of ventilation. The characteristics of these pollutant sources suggest that ventilation systems in residences should have several properties. They should have the extra capacity available to reduce short bursts of pollution, be located close to the expected source of the contamination, and be inexpensive. Mitigation of radon is technically a major success using a form of task ventilation. Whole house ventilation is, at best, a secondary form of control of excess radon in residences.
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