Paper 1
Indoor Air Quality in Fifty Residences in
Athens
M
Santamouris, K Argiroudis, M Georgiou, I Livada, P
Doukas
,
MN
Assimakopoulos,
A Sfakianaki, K Pavlou, V Geros
and M Papaglastra
Group
Building
Environmental Studies, Physics Department,
University
of
Athens
,
Athens
,
Greece
Abstract
Measurements
of indoor air pollutants covering the concentrations of CO2,
CO, TVOC’s, PM2.5, and PM10 were performed in 50
residences in
Athens
. In addition the ventilation rate in each dwelling was continuously
measured by monitoring CO2 concentration. Apart from carbon
monoxide, almost all the remaining pollutants showed high concentrations
that exceeded the maximum threshold levels of the relevant standards. The
rate of ventilation was found to have a very important impact on the
concentration of indoor pollutants. Finally, the impact of tobacco smoking
was found to be very important and the concentration of almost all
pollutants increased significantly when the rate of smoking increased.
Key words: indoor
pollutants, dwellings, tobacco smoke, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide,
volatile organic compounds, suspended particulates.
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Contents
Paper 1
Indoor
Air Quality in Fifty Residences in
Athens
: Santamouris, M., Argiroudis, K., Georgiou, M., Livada,
I.
, Doukas, P., Assimakopoulos, M.N., Sfakianaki, A., Pavlou,
K., Geros V. and Papaglastra, M.
Paper
2
Variable Air Volume-Flow Systems - A Possible Way
to Reduce Energy Use in the Swedish Dairy Industry: Rohdin, P. and
Moshfegh, B.
Paper
3
Experimental
Evaluation of Combined DCV and Economizer Cycle Using a FLC Variable Air
Volume (VAV) System: Karunakaran, R., Parameshwaran, R., Iniyan, S. and
Anand A. Samuel
Paper
4
Effects
of Nozzle Geometry on the Air Flow Jet and Temperature Distribution in an
Enclosed Space: Khan, M.I.
Paper
5
Automatic
Ventilation Control of Trickle Ventilators: Ridley,
I.
, Davies, M., Booth, W., Judd, C., Oreszczyn, T. and Mumovic, D.
Paper
6
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Residential Buildings - Natural Ventilation v Air-Conditioning Unit: Lam,
K.S., Chan, E.H.W., Chan, D.W.T., Fung, W.Y., Law, K.C. and Tai, C.T.
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7
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Stability of an Axial-Flow Ventilation Fan near the Stall Condition: Cao,
R. and Hu, J.
Paper
8
Natural
and Mixed Ventilation Design via CFD and Architectural Modelling:
Todorovic, M., Ecim, O., Marjanovic, A. and Randjelovic, I.
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