A review of critical residential buildings parameters and activities when investigating indoor air quality and pollutants

Baeza_Romero M.T. Dudzinska M.R. Amouei Torkmahalleh M. Barros N. Coggins A.M. Ruzgar D.G. Kildsgaard I. Naseri M. Rong L. Saffell J. Scutaru A.M. Staszowska A.
November 2022 John Wiley and Sons Inc

Indoor Air
2022 #32 Issue 11

Indoor air in residential dwellings can contain a variety of chemicals, sometimes present at concentrations or in combinations which can have a negative impact on human health. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) surveys are often required to characterize human exposure or to investigate IAQ concerns and complaints. Such surveys should include sufficient contextual information to elucidate sources, pathways, and the magnitude of exposures. The aim of this review was to investigate and describe the parameters that affect IAQ in residential dwellings: building location, layout, and ventilation, finishing materials, occupant activities, and occupant demography. About 180 peer-reviewed articles, published from 01/2013 to 09/2021 (plus some important earlier publications), were reviewed. The importance of the building parameters largely depends on the study objectives and whether the focus is on a specific pollutant or to assess health risk. When considering classical pollutants such as particulate matter (PM) or volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the building parameters can have a significant impact on IAQ, and detailed information of these parameters needs to be reported in each study. Research gaps and suggestions for the future studies together with recommendation of where measurements should be done are also provided.

building parameters , indoor air pollutants , indoor air quality , residential buildings

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Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Dpto. Química-Física, Escuela de Ingeniería Industrial y Aeroespacial, Toledo, Spain
Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal
School of Natural Sciences & Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Türkiye
Tengbomgruppen AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
NosmoTech Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
German Environment Agency, Berlin, Germany

Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Dpto. Química-Física
Faculty of Environmental Engineering
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
UFP Energy
School of Natural Sciences & Ryan Institute
School of Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department
Tengbomgruppen AB
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
NosmoTech Ltd
German Environment Agency

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