Indoor Air Quality Measurement in Household during Heating Season and Non-Heating Season

  • Natālija Hodaseviča (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation typesPoster presentation

Description

It is crucial to understand more about indoor air quality (IAQ) as changes in the ambient atmosphere at home can affect wellbeing and productivity. It is uncertain whether pandemics will recur or if other causes may push individuals to spend more time at home than they do now since technology is developing so rapidly. Through this study, it is hoped to define and comprehend the effects that various home activities, heating season etc. can have on IAQ.. Monitoring were automatically recorded and took place in non-heating and heating season, using: PCE-PCO1, PCE-RCM16, “Aranet4” and LMT monitoring logger for measurements of PM, total volatile organic compounds, AIQ, temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity and CO2. The building has a gas heating system and natural ventilation, excluding vent in the kitchen. BreezoMeter mobile application for outdoor/indoor air monitoring was used.. The average temperature and humidity in the non-heating season was 21.1oC and 38.9%, in the heating season - 22.3oC and 33.9%. In both seasons CO2 increased more than 1000 ppm while cooking on a gas stove. In the heating season PM10 concentration is 4 μg/m3 more and in the non-heating season is 5 μg/m3 more, but PM2.5 concentration is significantly higher in both seasons.. Mainly, the air quality in this household is good, except PM. The IAQ in an apartment may be managed by buying specialized equipment that monitor the IAQ and, depending on the results, take different steps to enhance it generally or, if any indication is out of limits, alter it until it is normal or at least near to normal.
Period29 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU Research week 2023: Society. Health. Welfare
Event typeConference
Conference number9
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational