Pollen and Fungal Spores Evaluation in Relation to Occupants and Microclimate in Indoor Workplaces
| Autor: | Pasquale Capone, Armando Pelliccioni, Maria Concetta D’Ovidio, Simona Di Renzi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Geography
Planning and Development Microclimate TJ807-830 Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Indoor air quality Environmental health Pollen occupants fungal spores medicine indoor workplaces aerobiological particles GE1-350 030212 general & internal medicine aerobiological monitoring 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry occupational allergy Thermal comfort Spore Environmental sciences Air conditioning pollen occupational health Environmental science business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 3154, p 3154 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 6 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Indoor air quality depends on many internal or external factors mutually interacting in a dynamic and complex system, which also includes indoor workplaces, where subjects are exposed to many pollutants, including biocontaminants such as pollen and fungal spores. In this context, the occupants interact actively with their environment through actions, modifying indoor environmental conditions to achieve their own thermal comfort. Actions such as opening/closing doors and windows and turning on/off air conditioning could have effects on workers’ health. The present study explored the contribution of human occupants to pollen and fungal spore levels in indoor workplaces, combining aerobiological, microclimate, and worker monitoring during summer and winter campaigns. We evaluated the overall time spent by the workers in the office, the workers’ actions regarding non-working days and working days, and non-working hours and working hours, during two campaigns of pollen and fungal spore monitoring. Our results showed that the biocontaminant values depend on many mutually interacting factors hence, the role of all of the factors involved should be investigated. In this regard, aerobiological monitoring should be a valid tool for the management of occupational allergies, providing additional information to improve occupational health protection strategies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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