Comparative analysis of indoor air quality and thermal comfort standards in school buildings across New Zealand with other OECD countries

VK Arya, EO Rasheed, DAS Samarasinghe… - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 has improved awareness of the importance of appropriate indoor air quality (IAQ)
in indoor spaces, particularly in classrooms where children are expected to learn. Research …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of air pollution mitigation measures, ventilation, and indoor air quality at three schools in London

KV Abhijith, V Kukadia, P Kumar - Atmospheric Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In UK urban areas, due to ease of accessibility and convenience, many schools are located
close to main busy roads. This often results in pollution hotspots around schools due to on …

Selective detection of VOCs using microfluidic gas sensor with embedded cylindrical microfeatures coated with graphene oxide

M Ghazi, S Janfaza, H Tahmooressi, N Tasnim… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are major environmental pollutants. Exposure to VOCs
has been associated with adverse health outcomes. The monitoring of hazardous VOCs is a …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to indoor air contaminants in school buildings with and without reported indoor air quality problems

C Vornanen-Winqvist, K Järvi, MA Andersson… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reported indoor air quality (IAQ) complaints are common even in relatively new or
renovated school buildings in Finland. However, detecting the causes for complaints with …

Urban-level environmental factors related to pediatric asthma

I Paciência, JC Rufo - Porto biomedical journal, 2020 - journals.lww.com
During the 20th century, urbanization has increasing and represented a major demographic
and environmental change in developed countries. This ever-changing urban environment …

Rare earth doped metal oxide sensor for the multimodal detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

M Fois, T Cox, N Ratcliffe, B de Lacy Costello - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heated metal oxide sensors have been widely studied for their ability to give a reversible
change in the electrical resistance following the interaction with a volatile compound …

Investigating the influence of the building material on the indoor air quality in apartment in Dubai

M Arar, C Jung, NA Qassimi - Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The residents of Dubai spend more than 90% of their time indoors and this lifestyle makes
them easily exposed to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). Even though Dubai Municipality …

Assessment of indoor and outdoor air quality in primary schools of Cyprus during the COVID–19 pandemic measures in May–July 2021

C Konstantinou, A Constantinou, EG Kleovoulou… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Combined pollutant effects from indoor and outdoor sources on children's health, while
being at school have not been holistically tackled. The aim of the School Temperature and …

Quartz Crystal Microbalance Coated with Polyacrylonitrile/Nickel Nanofibers for High-Performance Methanol Gas Detection

YM Rohman, R Sukowati, A Priyanto, DA Hapidin… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study describes a sensor based on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) coated by
polyacrylonitrile (PAN) nanofibers containing nickel nanoparticles for methanol gas …

Inhalation exposure to volatile organic compounds in the printing industry

A Alabdulhadi, A Ramadan, P Devey… - Journal of the Air & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study reports on the occupational inhalation exposure to VOCs of workers in the Kuwaiti
printing industry. Using the evacuated canister methodology, we targeted 72 VOCs in three …