Indoor Air Quality: From Sampling to Risk Assessment in the Light of New Legislations

• Other Authors: Avino, Pasquale (Editor), Settimo, Gaetano (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; indoor air quality; aerosols; particle size distributions; ultrafine particles; particulate matter (PM); smoking; combustion; malodor; indoor air; human olfaction; volatile organic comound (VOC); microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC); VOC; MVOC; health effects; smell; malodor mitigation; air fresheners; fragrance; computational fluid dynamics; CO2 concentration; Sansevieria trifasciata; ventilation; educational buildings; schools; field measurements; indoor air quality (IAQ); thermal comfort; thermal perception; health symptoms; air infiltration; healthcare settings; chemical and biological pollution; quality improvement; Italian context; legislation; Europe; focus; residential; pollutants; TLV; health; workers; school; electronic cigarettes; flavoring additives; BTEX; contamination; headspace solid micro phase extraction; gas chromatography-olfactometry; human health; EU regulation; BTEXS; health exposure; occupational risk; markers of exposure; air quality; odor threshold; olfactometry; Sniffin' Sticks; chemosensory perception; validity assessment; exposure assessment; children; number concentration; lung-deposited surface area; dose; life cycle assessment; sustainable neighborhood; Belgium; urban scale; roof stacking; n/a
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This Special Issue aims to make a concrete technical contribution to the solution of the various problems related to indoor air pollution. In 11 papers, international scientists report the last findings in this field from different points of view including topics such as the IAQ legislation, the role of IAQ in schools, hospitals and (micro)environments in general, the performance of an olfactometer system or the impact of an indoor malodor, BTEX measures in a Fire Station, and a chemical characterization of e-cigarette (e-cig) refill liquids (e-liq). It seems appropriate to encourage the development of reference values or specific action values in order to better manage particularly problematic situations in these environments. In the absence of national references to be used for a comparison, it is possible to use those reported in the legislation of other European countries or, by ad hoc working groups or by analogy, to use other standards such as those relating to ambient air.