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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"IAQ"”.
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IAQ IN BASEMENT CARPARK STUDY OF CARBON MONOXIDE LEVELS IN BASEMENT CARPARK VENTILATION DESIGNS
Motor vehicle pollution is generally recognized as a source of pollution more than any other single human activity. It is one of the dominant sources of CO (89%). This thesis studies the levels of CO in basement car park with respect to the effectiveness mechanical ventilation systems designed in …
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Improving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Kuwaiti Housing Developments at Design, Construction, and Occupancy Stages
… a poor mechanism for good Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). Therefore, a mechanical or hybrid ventilation system is necessary. First of all, Kuwait is situated in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia with a desert weather climate. The prevailing wind is north and northeast and that …
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An indoor air quality case study: the diagnosis and remediation of Cowgill Hall's IAQ problem
… study documents the entire indoor air quality (IAQ) problem experienced by the students, faculty and staff of Cowgill Hall on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from August 1987 to August 1988, recommends a general IAQ solution process and makes several specific …
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Improving the indoor air quality (IAQ) through application of the air cleaning technologies for offices building simulated in environmental chamber
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is very important issue in residential and commercial buildings, because human spend almost 90% of their life indoor. IAQ problems effect on the health of the occupants, and lead to reduction of the efficiency and output in workplaces. The main objective of this study is to …
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Advancing Indoor Air Pollution Research: A Novel Integration of AI, IoT, and Behavioural Science for Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Behaviour Change
… air quality, focusing on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). It presents an interdisciplinary exploration into the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Low-Cost Sensors (LCS) for air quality monitoring. The research evaluates LCS, augmented by AI and IoT, as an …
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Effects of indoor air quality on the occupant's health and productivity in an office building
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is an important parameter in deciding the status of Sick Bulding Syndrome (SBS). Poor IAQ which leads to SBS can result in adverse effect on the health of the occupant which causing lower productivity. This study was conducted to establish correlation between IAQ and …
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An improved method for determining indoor air quality level in the classroom at pre-school building
… by expert panels from academic background and IAQ field background. The result show that, Paya Redan Pre-school recorded total of IAQ index with 71.93%, while Pintas Raya recorded total of IAQ index with 100% and Seri Aman recorded total of IAQ index with 100%. The significant finding from this …
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The architectural design process and indoor air quality
… occupied by users. Although, indoor air quality (IAQ) has been discussed for almost thirty years, it is a new subject for architects from the architectural design point of view. Most of the time, the subject is defined as an engineering problem. However anything related to the building should be …
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Health Informatics Solution to Indoor Air Pollution: An Opportunity for Epidemiological Research
… to the lungs, etc. To improve the management of IAQ among population health and for environmental health to keep up with its technological counterpart, it is crucial to increase awareness around this subject and to provide innovative means of collecting IAQ data. Therefore, this Capstone paper …
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Health risk effect of indoor air quality index at adaptive reused museum in Malaysia
… the risk assessment of the indoor air quality (IAQ) which affect towards the people in the public building, especially in the museum. As one of the environmental risk assessment tool, the environmental quality index was utilised to determine whether the current location provides a healthy …
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Comparative study of indoor air contaminants in different stages of new building occupancy: work environment assessment
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a part of Building Environment. Nowadays, the construction of new building took place over the world. Upon new building occupancy, a lot of indoors material was used without IAQ concern. This study has been conducted in a new constructed building of the National …
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Comparative study of indoor air contaminants in different stages of new building occupancy: work environment assessment
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a part of Building Environment. Nowadays, the construction of new building took place over the world. Upon new building occupancy, a lot of indoors material was used without IAQ concern. This study has been conducted in a new constructed building of the National …
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Soft Sensing-Driven CO<sub>2</sub> Predictive Models in Educational Buildings
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) plays a vital role in occupant well-being. Among various factors, CO2 concentration impacts the productivity and cognitive functions of occupants. Different strategies can be utilized to improve IAQ, including context-aware ventilation, air purification technologies, and …
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CFD and Deep Learning Based Natural Ventilation Analysis in Buildings
… solution for addressing indoor air quality (IAQ) issues such as those related to COVID-19. This thesis examines the efficacy of wind-driven cross-ventilation for a low-rise residential building with complex geometry and internal partitions typical of common constructions using computational …
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Application of palm shell activated carbon filter as a medium of indoor air contaminant adsorbent for indoor air quality improvement
… interest on improvement of indoor air quality (IAQ) by reducing level of pollutant. The interest of reseachers in palm shell AC (PSAC) keep increase owing to the fact that this material has superior characteristic as compared to commercial AC. However, the investigation of PSAC performance for …
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Feed-Forward Neural Network (FFNN) Based Optimization Of Air Handling Units: A State-Of-The-Art Data-Driven Demand-Controlled Ventilation Strategy
… without compromising indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort would result in environmental and financial benefits. Currently, most buildings still utilize constant air volume (CAV) systems with on/off control to meet the thermal loads. Such systems, without any consideration of …
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Where the Spores at? Insights into the Residential Indoor Mycobiome of South Africa
Indoor air quality (IAQ) has garnered increasing global attention due to its potential impact on human health, and fungi play a crucial role in contributing to indoor air contamination. Chapter 1 of this thesis reviewed international research on the health implications of fungal proliferation in …
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Determination and control of some pollutants in indoor environments
Unsatisfactory indoor air quality (IAQ) may result from polluting emissions that are spread from building materials such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and/or microbial components or from various kinds of human activity such as smoking. Different methods are available to limit the exposure to …
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Modeling contaminant spread and mitigation in the indoor environment
… aimed at improving indoor air quality (IAQ). As part of this effort, a model is developed to effectively estimate crack areas of the multizone testbed. The model is divided into two sub-approaches: one approach is to assume the same crack area for the same type of opening and determine …
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