• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.54-67
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• 2006

This study was performed to deduct the extension possibility of the standards establishment for $NO_2$, $O_3$, Asbestos, Radon, total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) excluded in the indoor air part of Industrial Safety Acts in Korea. The air pollutants were sampled for 30 office buildings from August to September, 2005 in the metropolitan area. The airborne concentrations of $NO_2$, $O_3$, Radon and TVOC were 0.0092 ppm, 0.0035 ppm, 0.57 pCi/L and $423{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. The management plan and reduction methods is required in the aspect of indoor air quality(IAQ) because the emission sources of those also exist in indoor as well as outdoor even though those were not exceeded the standards of the Ministry of Environment in Korea. The standard for TVOC in the new and remodeling office has to be established based on the risk assessment when hazard index exceeded "1" in the worst case scenario. In the state of art, the management of each volatile organic compounds has a difficulty due to not enough data for toxicological reference. Therefore, it is suggested that first of all, the standard for TVOC be established and then expanded to each materials for decision-making of improvement of IAQ in office.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.240-246
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• 2002

Bypass air conditioning systems are divided into three types; an outdoor air bypass, a mixed air bypass and a return air bypass system. What makes the return air by pass system more effective is that it directs all of moist outdoor air through the cooling coil. The bypass air conditioning system can maintain indoor R.H (Relative Humidity) less than a conventional CAV (Constant Air Volume) air conditioning system by adjusting face and bypass dampers at part load. When a design sensible load (the ratio of sensible load to total sensible load) is 70 percent (at this time, RSHF (Room Sensible Heat Factor) . 0.7), indoor R.H was maintained 59 percent by the return air bypass system, but 65 percent by the conventional CAV air conditioning system (valve control system). The bypass air conditioning system can also improve IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) in many buildings where the number of air change is high.

• 공업화학전망
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2020

최근 실내 공기질(IAQ; indoor air quality)을 악화시키는 물질 중 하나인 이산화탄소 저감 연구가 다수 진행되고 있다. 현재 이산화탄소를 저감하는 방법에는 흡착법, 흡수법, 막분리법 등이 있다. 그 중 흡수법은 액체 상태의 흡수제를 분사하는 공정 특성상 실내에 적용하기 어렵고 2차 오염물 또는 폐수가 발생할 수 있다. 또한, 막분리법은 이산화탄소 분리를 위한 응집 및 침전과 같은 전처리 과정이 필요하므로 실내 이산화탄소 저감에 적합하지 않다. 반면, 흡착법은 비교적 저렴하고 운영이 간단하여 적용 사례가 증가하였으며, 유동 인구가 많고 환기가 어려운 지하철, 버스 등의 대중교통 차량 내부 및 교실, 사무실, 공공시설에서 배출되는 실내 이산화탄소를 제어할 수 있다는 장점이 있어 가장 적합한 해결책으로 알려져 있다. 흡착 공정에 사용되는 대표적인 흡착제 종류에는 활성탄, 제올라이트, 알루미나 등이 있으며, 이 흡착제들을 개질 및 성형하여 흡착제의 성능 및 기계적 강도를 증진시키는 고도화 연구가 활발히 수행되고 있다. 이처럼 적용 대상 내 설치 및 교체가 용이하도록 하는 흡착제 제조 기술 개발이 필요한 실정이며, 흡착제를 상용화 수준까지 발전시킴으로써 강화된 실내 공기질 규제 기준에 대한 대응 및 삶의 질 향상이 기대된다.

• KIEAE Journal
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2007

Effort has been performed for latest 20 years to improve resident's comfort and indoor environment in building. And interest and effort to improve indoor air environment among various indoor environment elements have continuously increased since 1990s, because it is examined scientifically that various contaminants generated indoor affect human body. Specially, indoor air contaminants generated from apartments are those exhausted from resident's indoor environment, closing materials and household. Indoor air environment in buildings is different according to pollution degree, existence availability of pollution source, ventilation amount, and meteorology. It is known that other contaminants more than about 900 kinds generate according to a kind of work or action in a room. Specially, nowadays buildings are well insulated and confidentiality-centered for environment protection and economical side. So indoor air contaminants are generated from indoor air pollution sauces of unprepared ventilation, human body carbon dioxide emissions, and various building materials. when these are accumulated in long term human body, it is harmful to resident's health, but awareness for this is very insufficient. Because bedroom is space that people inhabit for a long time by unconscious state and indoor environment occupies important part for resident's health and quality of life at sleep, the actual condition of air quality is investigated, improvement countermeasure is considered, and ventilation amount is analyzed. In this study, putting case that the most longest stayed time is sleeping time when people inhabit in the apartment, the air quality according to volume of bedroom space at sleep was measured and analyzed, and the data acquired will be the basis for improvement on this.

• 한국주거학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국주거학회 2006년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.377-381
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to suggest the improvement plan for IAQ of the combined officetel and residence through analyzing demands, satisfaction, subjective symptoms and device of residents. For this study, the data was collected from 110 residents by questionnaire survey and an experienced planner by interview. The result showed that the IAQ improvement of the combined officetel and residence was urgent. The educational program about maintenance of IAQ for residents was essentially needed. To recommend eco-friendly materials in process of construction wasimportant so as to take precaution against ‘sick building syndrome'. It was also necessary to improve on the size and shape of ventilation window.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.123-129
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• 2007

The purpose of this study was to suggest the idea for IAQ improvement of the of officetel which is used by fully or partly residential space. The data was collected from 110 residents by questionnaire survey and an experienced architect by personal interview. The results showed that the IAQ improvement of the officetel with residential usage and residence was urgent. The educational program about maintenance of IAQ for residents was essentially needed. To recommend eco-friendly materials in process of construction was important so as to take precaution against 'sick building syndrome'. It was also necessary to improve on the size, shape, and location of ventilation window.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2002

The concept of dwelling space is tend to be changed not only to have reasonable mobility but also to have high quality of indoor air with psychologicaa satisfaction and comfortable. Moreover, recent constructed buildings have a big problem because of exhausted pollution gas and particles from building materials. More serious problem occurs from its high air tightness reducing the ventilation for saving the energy and superior adiabatic insulators to have high heat efficiency. Indoor air quality in super high-rise dwelling house was investigated by measuring pollutants such as $CO_2,=;CO,\;MO_2,\;R_n,\;TSP,\;PM_{10}$, HCHO, Offensive ordor. Subjective evaluation of residential environment is processed for the inhabitants who live in research space by testing environmental load in accordance with environment morphology, exterior environmental factor and post occupancy correlation and influence of attention.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.61-80
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• 2013

Quantification of viable forms of microbial community (bacteria and fungi) using culture-dependent methods was done in order to characterize the indoor air quality (IAQ). Role of those factors, which may influence the concentration of viable counts of bacteria and fungi, like ventilation, occupancy, outdoor concentration and environmental parameters (temperature and relative humidity) were also determined. Volumetric-infiltration sampling technique was employed to collect air samples both inside and outside the schools. As regard of measurements of airborne viable culturable microflora of schools during one academic year, the level of TVMCs in school buildings was ranged between 803-5368 cfu/$m^3$. Viable counts of bacteria (VBCs) were constituted 63.7% of the mean total viable microbial counts where as viable counts of fungi (VFCs) formed 36.3% of the total. Mean a total viable microbial count (TVMCs) in three schools was 2491 cfu/$m^3$. Outdoor level of TVMCs was varied from 736-5855 cfu/$m^3$. Maximum and minimum VBCs were 3678-286 cfu/m3 respectively. Culturable fungal counts were ranged from 268-2089 cfu/$m^3$ in three schools. Significant positive correlation (p < 0.01) was indicated that indoor concentration of viable community reliant upon outdoor concentration. Temperature seemed to have a large effect (p < 0.05, p < 0.01) on the concentration of viable culturable microbial community rather than relative humidity. Consistent with the analysis and findings, the concentration of viable cultural counts of bacteria and fungi found indoors, were of several orders of magnitude, depending upon the potential of local, spatial and temporal factors, IO ratio appeared as a crucial indicator to identify the source of microbial contaminants.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.67-90
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 실내 공기내의 유해화학물질의 농도 수준에 영향을 줄 수 있는 요소들을 통합적으로 고려하여 실내 공기질의 관리 전략을 수립하는 것이다. 이러한 목적으로 서울대에서는 실내 공기내의 유해화학물질의 농도 예측을 위한 '통합적 실내 공기질 모델(IIAQ)'을 개발한 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 IIAQ 모델을 사용하여 실내 공기내 유해화학물질의 농도를 도출하고 이 결과를 바탕으로 연구에서 제시된 시나리오에 따른 인체 위해성 평가를 수행하였다. IIAQ 모델을 통해 예측된 톨루엔과 포름알데히드의 10년 평균 농도는 실내에서 207.3 $ug/m^3$, 36.4 $ug/m^3$, 실외에서의 측정값은 55.9 $ug/m^3$, 8.62 $ug/m^3$으로 현재 실내 공기질 기준에 이하인 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 위해성 평가 결과, 포름알데히드의 노출로 인해서 예상 가능한 발암 위해도가 성인 남성 그룹에서 최대 1.05E-03인 것으로 나타났으며, 모든 수용체 그룹에서 자연적인 암 발생률인 1E-06을 초과하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 톨루엔에 대한 비발암 위해도는 모든 수용체 그룹에 대해서 1보다 작은 것으로 나타나, 심각하게 우려할 만한 비 발암 위해성이 나타날 가능성은 낮은 것으로 생각된다. 한편 본 연구에서 수행된 신축 공동주택에서 신축 후 10년간의 관심 화학물질인 톨루엔 및 포름알데히드에 농도 변화에 대한 모델링 결과 실내 오염원이 실외 오염원에 비해 실내 공기 오염에 더 큰 비중을 차지하는 것으로 나타나, 유해물질 위해도를 저감하기 위해서는 우선적으로 주요 실내 공기 오염원을 감소시킬 수 있는 전략이 수립되어야 할 필요가 있는 것으로 생각된다. 그리고 위해성 평가 결과는 현재의 실내 공기오염 기준치에 준하게 노출되었을 경우에 발암 위해성이 있을 수 있으므로, 현재의 실내 공기오염 기준치는 실내 외 오염원으로부터의 모든 노출 경로에 대한 총 노출량을 감안하여 총 노출 및 위해성을 감소시킬 수 있는 적절한 기준치로 재정립 되어야 할 필요가 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.265-274
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• 2016

목적: 본 연구에서는 신축사무실 건물 및 재실자를 대상으로 식물적용에 따른 안구건조 증상 및 실내공기질 등에 대한 변화를 평가하고자 하였다. 방법: 세종시 정부청사 신축건물 및 사무실 재실자를 대상으로 하였다. 식물적용에 따라 실내공기질을 측정하였으며, 휘발성유기화합물류와 알데하이드류 및 온 습도를 측정하여 평가하였다. 안구건조 증상은 Ocular surface disease index(OSDI)를 이용하여 정상, 경도, 중등도, 및 중증으로 분류하여 측정하였다. 결과: 식물적용사무실에서 휘발성유기화합물류의 감소율이 다소 높게 나타나 식물적용으로 인한 저감효과가 있는 것으로 조사되었다. 식물적용 재실자에서 새건물증후군 증상 점수가 점차적으로 감소하였고, 식물미적용사무실 재실자에서는 새건물증후군 증상 점수가 상승하였다. 재실자의 안구건조설문결과에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이는 관찰되지 않았다. 결론: 식물적용 사무실 내 유해물질의 감소효과가 있었고, 재실자를 통한 설문조사결과 안구건조 및 새건물증후군 증상에 긍정적인 효과는 있었다. 개인의 민감도 등에 의한 차이 및 현장조사로 인한 연구의 제한점 등을 보완한 장기 연구가 필요하다.