2010Journal ArticleFLEC measurements

Indoor exposure from building materials: A field study

Missia, Dafni A · Demetriou, E · Michael, N · Tolis, E I · Bartzis, J G

Atmospheric Environment

In: Atmospheric Environment, vol. 44, no. 35, pp. 4388 - 4395, 2010, ISSN: 1352-2310.

Editorial summary

A multi-city European field campaign measured indoor and outdoor VOCs and carbonyls in public buildings and homes during winter and summer. Selected building materials were also tested directly with FLEC, helping estimate the contribution of material emissions to observed indoor concentrations.

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FLEC use

Direct FLEC measurements

The abstract explicitly states that the authors performed VOC emission measurements on selected building materials using FLEC.

Topics

Building materials emissionsField and laboratory emission cell (FLEC)Indoor air quality (IAQ)Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)