Can changing the timing of outdoor air intake reduce indoor concentrations of traffic-related pollutants in schools?
| Autor: | Leonora Marro, Lance Wallace, Melissa St-Jean, Ryan W. Allen, Ryan Kulka, Morgan MacNeill, Amanda J. Wheeler, Hongyu You, Tim Shin, Nina A. Dobbin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Environmental Engineering
Time Factors 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences education Air pollution 010501 environmental sciences medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences law.invention Indoor air quality Traffic‐related air pollutants law Adverse health effect Environmental health Medicine Humans 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Vehicle Emissions Pollutant Ontario Air Pollutants Air pollutant concentrations Schools business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental engineering Building and Construction Infiltration factor (Finf) HVAC system operations Ventilation Rush hour Air Pollution Indoor Ventilation (architecture) School environment business Environmental Monitoring |
| Popis: | Traffic emissions have been associated with a wide range of adverse health effects. Many schools are situated close to major roads, and as children spend much of their day in school, methods to reduce traffic-related air pollutant concentrations in the school environment are warranted. One promising method to reduce pollutant concentrations in schools is to alter the timing of the ventilation so that high ventilation time periods do not correspond to rush hour traffic. Health Canada, in collaboration with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, tested the effect of this action by collecting traffic-related air pollution data from four schools in Ottawa, Canada, during October and November 2013. A baseline and intervention period was assessed in each school. There were statistically significant (P |
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