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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

Effects of Ventilation Improvement on Measured and Perceived Indoor Air Quality in a School Building with a Hybrid Ventilation System.

Camilla Vornanen-Winqvist, Heidi Salonen, Kati Järvi, Maria A Andersson, Raimo Mikkola, Tamás Marik, László Kredics, Jarek Kurnitski

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Camilla Vornanen-WinqvistDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Rakentajanaukio 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland. camilla.vornanen@aalto.fi.
Heidi SalonenDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Rakentajanaukio 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland. heidi.salonen@aalto.fi.
Kati JärviDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Rakentajanaukio 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland. kati.jarvi@aalto.fi.
Maria A AnderssonDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Rakentajanaukio 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland. maria.a.andersson@helsinki.fi.
Raimo MikkolaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Rakentajanaukio 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland. raimo.mikkola@aalto.fi.
Tamás MarikDepartment of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary. mariktamas88@gmail.com.
László KredicsDepartment of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary. kredics@bio.u-szeged.hu.ORCID 0000-0002-8837-3973
Jarek KurnitskiDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aalto University, Rakentajanaukio 4, 02150 Espoo, Finland. jarek.kurnitski@aalto.fi.ORCID 0000-0003-3254-0637
Aalto University · FIUniversity of Szeged · HUTallinn University of Technology · EE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ventilation system design and operation may significantly affect indoor air quality (IAQ). The aims of this case study were to investigate the functionality of a supply air fan-assisted hybrid ventilation system in a newly built school building with reported IAQ problems and to determine the effects of ventilation improvement on measured and perceived IAQ. The ventilation system function was researched simultaneously with IAQ measurements, with an analysis of total volatile organic compounds (TVOC), single volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and indoor mycobiota, and with questionnaires about perceived IAQ. At the baseline, an operational error of the ventilation system was found, which prevented the air from coming into the classrooms, except for short periods of high carbon dioxide (CO₂) concentrations. After the ventilation operation was improved, a significant change in indoor mycobiota was found; the dominant, opportunistic human pathogenic species

Indexed as

SchoolsAir MicrobiologyAir PollutantsAir Pollution, IndoorChildEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringHumansTrichodermaVentilationAir Pollutantshybrid ventilationindoor air qualityindoor air questionnairemycobiotaschool buildingTrichoderma citrinovirideventilation

Identifiers

PMID29976864
PMCPMC6068750
OpenAlexW2794263888

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