Investigation of Indoor Air Quality in Houses of Macedonia

Silvia Vilčeková, Ilija Zoran Apostoloski, Ľudmila Mečiarová, Eva Krídlová Burdová and Jozef Kiseľák
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Silvia Vilčeková: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Vysokoškolská 4, 04200 Košice, Slovakia
Ilija Zoran Apostoloski: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Vysokoškolská 4, 04200 Košice, Slovakia
Ľudmila Mečiarová: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Vysokoškolská 4, 04200 Košice, Slovakia
Eva Krídlová Burdová: Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Vysokoškolská 4, 04200 Košice, Slovakia
Jozef Kiseľák: Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Jesenná 5, 04001 Košice, Slovakia

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: People who live in buildings are exposed to harmful effects of indoor air pollution for many years. Therefore, our research is aimed to investigate the indoor air quality in family houses. The measurements of indoor air temperature, relative humidity, total volatile organic compounds (TVOC), particulate matters (PM) and sound pressure level were carried out in 25 houses in several cities of the Republic of Macedonia. Mean values of indoor air temperature and relative humidity ranged from 18.9 °C to 25.6 °C and from 34.1% to 68.0%, respectively. With regard to TVOC, it can be stated that excessive occurrence was recorded. Mean values ranged from 50 ?g/m 3 to 2610 ?g/m 3 . Recommended value (200 ?g/m 3 ) for human exposure to TVOC was exceeded in 32% of houses. Mean concentrations of PM 2.5 (particular matter with diameter less than 2.5 ?m) and PM 10 (diameter less than 10 ?m) are determined to be from 16.80 ?g/m 3 to 30.70 ?g/m 3 and from 38.30 ?g/m 3 to 74.60 ?g/m 3 individually. Mean values of sound pressure level ranged from 29.8 dB(A) to 50.6 dB(A). Dependence between characteristics of buildings (Year of construction, Year of renovation, Smoke and Heating system) and data from measurements (Temperature, Relative humidity, TVOC, PM 2.5 and PM 10 ) were analyzed using R software. Van der Waerden test shows dependence of Smoke on TVOC and PM 2.5 . Permutational multivariate analysis of variance shows the effect of interaction of Renovation and Smoke.

Keywords: family house; temperature; humidity; TVOC; PM; sound pressure level; statistical analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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