Indoor air quality research within a furniture factory
2021 International Conference on Applied Sciences, ICAS 2021
; 2212, 2022.
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in English
| Scopus | ID: covidwho-1784284
ABSTRACT
Improving conditions and quality of life depends, among others, on the environment. People spend most of their time in a day inside buildings to work, sleep, eat, rest, and do sports and other activities. The article refers to a case study based on research on indoor environment within a furniture factory;the research is achieved via instruments for collecting diverse indoor parameters, such as temperature, CO2, PM (particulate matter) concentrations, noise, and humidity levels. All data recorded are needed to evaluate the conditions of the indoor climate in which the workers are activating. The measuring methods are shortly introduced and the IAQ (indoor air quality) index is expressed. The personnel activating in this factory is working intensely, standing up, and having to wear a mask considering the Covid-19 context. Thus, it is important to depict each aspect that might trigger a concern if IAQ limits are over passed, not mentioning the synergetic context of the diverse effects. Through revealing the IAQ, and the comfort/discomfort level PMV/PPD (predicted mean vote and predicted percentage dissatisfied) employees and company management can benefit from this awareness and enhance the behaviour in such a way that one might improve the indoor condition. The rapid and irreversible climate changes, mostly due to increasing pollution level and exhaust of greenhouse gases should push humanity to make more studies of this kind and, accordingly, realize the need of improvement and development of new solutions whereby one can sustain the indoor environment as proper as possible, in addition to the outdoor climate. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Air quality; Chemical activation; Climate change; Exhaust gases; Greenhouse gases; Human resource management; Case-studies; Concentration levels; Condition; Humidity levels; Indoor air quality; Indoor climate; Indoor environment; Noise levels; Particulate Matter; Quality of life; Indoor air pollution
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