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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"TD878-894 Special types of environment, Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution"”.
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Health risk effect of indoor air quality index at adaptive reused museum in Malaysia
… limited studies conducted on 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 …
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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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Prediction of indoor environmental parameters for naturally ventilated building using artificial neural network: a reflection of outdoor parameters
This research investigates the environment condition within two types of buildings, naturally ventilated and air-conditioned to gain better understanding of the indoor environment condition of the selected buildings. The main purpose of this study is to develop predictive model to forecast indoor …
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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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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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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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Prediction of indoor environmental parameters for naturally ventilated building using artificial neural network: a reflection of outdoor parameters
This research investigates the environment condition within two types of buildings, naturally ventilated and air-conditioned to gain better understanding of the indoor environment condition of the selected buildings. The main purpose of this study is to develop predictive model to forecast indoor …
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Air polution index (API) real time monitoring system
This project is to develop a low cost, mobile Air Pollutant Index (API) Monitoring System, which consists of Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F optical dust detector as a sensor for dust, Arduino Uno and LCD Keypad Shield. A signal conditioner has been used to amplify and extend the range of the sensor reading for …
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The noise awareness among hospital community due to traffic and construction noise in Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun
… largest hospital in Malaysia with a capacity of 990 beds, 16 operating room, 16 bed adult intensive care unit, 8 bed coronary care units, 17 bed intensive care unit of a child (PICU) and 20 extra neonatal care unit. Due from that, the identification about surrounding of hospital is needed. …
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Stabilization/solidification of lead contaminated soil using cement incorporated with sugarcane bagasse
Soil that is contaminated with heavy metals, especially lead (Pb) has become a major issue worldwide. Pb is reported to be a metal that affects human health and is related to have caused serious diseases that interrupts the nervous system, blood vessels and kidneys. However, proper treatment …
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Physical and mechanical properties of cotton waste nonwoven web produced by needle punching method
… waste has turned into a major threat to both environment and textile manufacturing due to the ever increasing world growth and population. Hence, the overture of this subject is to reuse and transform wastes, particularly cotton waste fibres, into raw product to cut down wastes and to reduce …
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Comparative study on indoor fungi growth incorporated with different antifungal and wall finishings
Indoor air quality is important to the health and comfort of building occupants. There are many sources of pollutants that can be found in the building. One of the sources of pollutants is fungus. Fungi are present almost everywhere in indoor and outdoor environments. Building materials supporting …
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Potential influence of courtyard on indoor environment conditions of office buildings
It is recognized that the air conditioning system is a major factor that influencing energy consumption in Malaysia. In fact, residential and non-residential buildings, become a subject to significant cooling necessities due to the high intensity of heat passing from building external envelope, the …
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Acoustical characteristics of oil palm mesocarp fibres
… study discusses the acoustical characteristics of agro-waste biomass fibres from oil palm Mesocarp as fibrous acoustic material. Incorporated polyurethane (PU) had improved the sound absorption coefficient (SAC), especially at low frequency range. The oil palm Mesocarp fibres were mixed with …
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An improved method for determining indoor air quality level in the classroom at pre-school building
Indoor air pollution is not a new problem but has become an issue in today's building environment. Occupant began to realize the direct effects of indoor air pollution, and the importance of good indoor air quality, especially when related to children health and life inside classroom. This study …
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Application of palm shell activated carbon filter as a medium of indoor air contaminant adsorbent for indoor air quality improvement
For decades, the inclusion of activated carbon (AC) adsorption technique through filtration has gained significant 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 …