The impact of information on perceived air quality ??organic? vs. ?synthetic? building materials
| Autor: | Henrik Nellemose Knudsen, Ken Wilkins, Peder Wolkoff, Per Axel Clausen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Adult
Male Air Pollutants Linseed Oil Environmental Engineering Waste management Construction Materials Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Building and Construction Middle Aged Synthetic materials Toxicology Building renovation Odor Air Pollution Indoor Odorants Paint Humans Environmental science Female Perception Polyvinyl Chloride Air quality index Aged |
| Zdroj: | Indoor Air. 17:130-134 |
| ISSN: | 1600-0668 0905-6947 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00462.x |
| Popis: | As indoor air quality complaints cannot be explained satisfactorily and building materials can be a major source of indoor air pollution, we hypothesized that emissions from building materials perceived as unfamiliar or annoying odors may contribute to such complaints. To test this hypothesis, emissions from indoor building materials containing linseed oil (organic) and comparable synthetic (synthetic) materials were evaluated by a naïve sensory panel for evaluation of odor intensity (OI) and odor acceptability (OA). The building materials were concealed in ventilated climate chambers of the CLIMPAQ type. When information was provided about the identity and type of building material during the evaluation, i.e. by labeling the materials in test chambers either as 'organic' or 'synthetic', the OI was significantly lower for all the 'organic' materials compared with evaluations without information. Similarly, OA was increased significantly for most 'organic' samples, but not the 'synthetic' ones. The major effect is probably that OA is increased when the panel is given information about the odor source.As providing information about the source of odors can increase their acceptability, complaints about indoor air quality may be decreased if occupants of buildings are well informed about odorous emissions from the new building materials or new activities in their indoor environment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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