Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Structure & Construction (대한건축학회논문집:구조계)

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Measurement and Evaluation of Indoor Air Quality in Small-scale apartments in Daegu

대구지역의 신축 소규모 공동주택에 있어서 실내공기질 측정 및 평가

  • 박현식 (경북대 대학원) ;
  • 김현태 (일본 야마구찌대 공학부 창성과학연구과) ;
  • 홍원화 (경북대 건설환경에너지공학부)
  • Received : 2019.06.30
  • Accepted : 2019.10.14
  • Published : 2019.10.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the indoor air quality of small-scale apartments and then proposed a method to improve the indoor air quality of the small-scale apartments by comparing with the result of indoor air quality in the Clean-Healthy House. In case of formaldehyde, a highly volatile organic compound, the concentrations of indoor measured both in small-scale apartments and the Clean Healthy houses did not exceed- the guideline of Korea. The guideline of Korea for acetaldehyde was not available, so the guidelines of Japan and the World Health Organization were used to measure the concentration of acetaldehyde. The study results demonstrated that three out of seven small-scale apartments investigated exceeded the guideline of Japan; and the preliminary research on the Clean-Health Houses was low at about 30-60% of the guideline of Japan. The result of the VOCs measurement showed that toluene, ethylbenzene, and styrene in some small-scale apartments exceeded the guideline of Korea. However, the Clean-Healthy Houses in the previous studies did not exceed the guideline of Korea with regard to all the pollutants. Therefore, this study suggests the application of the construction standards of the Clean-Healthy house in order to improve the indoor air quality of small-scale apartments. In addition, the current study anticipates that improvement of the indoor air quality in the residential environments should be universally applied, not limited to the type and size of the residence.

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Supported by : 한국연구재단

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