Abstract
Attached garages can act as potential source areas of volatile organic compounds to indoor residential environments. Integrated concentration measurements of several VOCs were collected over 48 hour periods in residences and in corresponding attached garages at 11 homes around the Boston, Massachusetts area across two seasons. Continuous air exchange measurements were also collected using sulfur hexafluoride. Concentrations of VOCs associated with gasoline were much greater in the garage than inside the house, and there is enough air flow to the home attributable to the attached garage that the attached garages represent a potentially important contribution to indoor VOCs.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings |
| Pages | 217-220 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 1 |
| State | Published - 2006 |
| Event | Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006 - Lisboa, Portugal Duration: Jun 4 2006 → Jun 8 2006 |
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| Other | Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, HB 2006 |
|---|---|
| Country | Portugal |
| City | Lisboa |
| Period | 6/4/06 → 6/8/06 |
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Keywords
- Attached garages
- Indoor air
- Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Building and Construction
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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Impact of attached garages on indoor residential BTEX concentrations. / Dodson, R. E.; Levy, J. I.; Shine, J. P.; Spengler, J. D.; Bennett, Deborah H.
HB 2006 - Healthy Buildings: Creating a Healthy Indoor Environment for People, Proceedings. Vol. 1 2006. p. 217-220.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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T1 - Impact of attached garages on indoor residential BTEX concentrations
AU - Dodson, R. E.
AU - Levy, J. I.
AU - Shine, J. P.
AU - Spengler, J. D.
AU - Bennett, Deborah H
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Attached garages can act as potential source areas of volatile organic compounds to indoor residential environments. Integrated concentration measurements of several VOCs were collected over 48 hour periods in residences and in corresponding attached garages at 11 homes around the Boston, Massachusetts area across two seasons. Continuous air exchange measurements were also collected using sulfur hexafluoride. Concentrations of VOCs associated with gasoline were much greater in the garage than inside the house, and there is enough air flow to the home attributable to the attached garage that the attached garages represent a potentially important contribution to indoor VOCs.
AB - Attached garages can act as potential source areas of volatile organic compounds to indoor residential environments. Integrated concentration measurements of several VOCs were collected over 48 hour periods in residences and in corresponding attached garages at 11 homes around the Boston, Massachusetts area across two seasons. Continuous air exchange measurements were also collected using sulfur hexafluoride. Concentrations of VOCs associated with gasoline were much greater in the garage than inside the house, and there is enough air flow to the home attributable to the attached garage that the attached garages represent a potentially important contribution to indoor VOCs.
KW - Attached garages
KW - Indoor air
KW - Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
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