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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.5.3643

A Study of Indoor Air Quality of School Classrooms  

Jung, Joon-sig (Indoor air and noise Research division, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Park, Duck-shin (Korea Railroad Research Institute)
Jeon, Hyung-jin (Korea Environment Institute)
Song, Hyea-suk (Health administration, Kwangju Women's University)
Lee, Min-jong (Department of Public Health, Hanyang University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.5, 2015 , pp. 3643-3652 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study is to analyze the IAQ concentrations of school rooms. In this study we measured and characterized IAQ at 440 school rooms from May 2009 to November 2012. At some school rooms, the $PM_{10}$ concentrations exceeded the IAQ guidelines ($100{\mu}g/m^3$) of the Ministry of Education. $CO_2$ concentrations at high schools were 1.18 and 1.06 times higher than that of the elementary and middle schools, respectively. $CO_2$ concentrations of some school rooms were exceeded the IAQ guidelines (1,000 ppm). Moreover, TBC concentrations at elementary school rooms were 1.23 and 1.33 times higher than that of the middle schools and high schools, respectively. TBC and HCHO concentrations did not exceed the IAQ guidelines. The classroom/non-classroom ratio of $PM_{10}$ was 1.06, while that $CO_2$ was 1.04, HCHO was 0.62, and TBC was 1.16.
Keywords
Indoor Air Quality; School; Classroom; Non-classroom;
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