Integrated Evaluation of Indoor Particulate Exposure: The VIEPI Project

Armando Pelliccioni, Paolo Monti, Giorgio Cattani, Fabio Boccuni, Marco Cacciani, Silvia Canepari, Pasquale Capone, Maria Catrambone, Mariacarmela Cusano, Maria Concetta D’Ovidio, Antonella De Santis, Annalisa Di Bernardino, Alessandro Di Menno di Bucchianico, Simona Di Renzi, Riccardo Ferrante, Alessandra Gaeta, Rafaela Gaddi, Monica Gherardi, Marco Giusto, Andrea Gordiani, Livia Grandoni, Gianluca Leone, Giovanni Leuzzi, Nunzia L’Episcopo, Francesca Marcovecchio, Agnese Pini, Tiziana Sargolini, Francesca Tombolini, Luca Tofful and Cinzia Perrino
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Armando Pelliccioni: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Paolo Monti: Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), Sapienza University, 00184 Rome, Italy
Giorgio Cattani: Department for Environmental Evaluation, Control and Sustainability, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 00144 Rome, Italy
Fabio Boccuni: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Marco Cacciani: Physics Department, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Silvia Canepari: Chemistry Department, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Pasquale Capone: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Maria Catrambone: Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, National Research Council of Italy, Monterotondo St., 00015 Rome, Italy
Mariacarmela Cusano: Department for Environmental Evaluation, Control and Sustainability, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 00144 Rome, Italy
Maria Concetta D’Ovidio: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Antonella De Santis: Department for Environmental Evaluation, Control and Sustainability, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 00144 Rome, Italy
Annalisa Di Bernardino: Physics Department, Sapienza University, 00185 Rome, Italy
Alessandro Di Menno di Bucchianico: Department for Environmental Evaluation, Control and Sustainability, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 00144 Rome, Italy
Simona Di Renzi: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Riccardo Ferrante: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Alessandra Gaeta: Department for Environmental Evaluation, Control and Sustainability, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 00144 Rome, Italy
Rafaela Gaddi: Department for Environmental Evaluation, Control and Sustainability, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 00144 Rome, Italy
Monica Gherardi: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Marco Giusto: Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, National Research Council of Italy, Monterotondo St., 00015 Rome, Italy
Andrea Gordiani: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Livia Grandoni: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Gianluca Leone: Department for Environmental Evaluation, Control and Sustainability, Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 00144 Rome, Italy
Giovanni Leuzzi: Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), Sapienza University, 00184 Rome, Italy
Nunzia L’Episcopo: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Francesca Marcovecchio: Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, National Research Council of Italy, Monterotondo St., 00015 Rome, Italy
Agnese Pini: Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), Sapienza University, 00184 Rome, Italy
Tiziana Sargolini: Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, National Research Council of Italy, Monterotondo St., 00015 Rome, Italy
Francesca Tombolini: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Italian Workers’ Compensation Authority (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone, 00078 Rome, Italy
Luca Tofful: Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, National Research Council of Italy, Monterotondo St., 00015 Rome, Italy
Cinzia Perrino: Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, National Research Council of Italy, Monterotondo St., 00015 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-25

Abstract: Despite the progress made in recent years, reliable modeling of indoor air quality is still far from being obtained. This requires better chemical characterization of the pollutants and airflow physics included in forecasting tools, for which field observations conducted simultaneously indoors and outdoors are essential. The project “Integrated Evaluation of Indoor Particulate Exposure” (VIEPI) aimed at evaluating indoor air quality and exposure to particulate matter (PM) of humans in workplaces. VIEPI ran from February 2016 to December 2019 and included both numerical simulations and field campaigns carried out in universities and research environments located in urban and non-urban sites in the metropolitan area of Rome (Italy). VIEPI focused on the role played by micrometeorology and indoor airflow characteristics in determining indoor PM concentration. Short- and long-term study periods captured diurnal, weekly, and seasonal variability of airflow and PM concentration. Chemical characterization of PM 10 , including the determination of elements, ions, elemental carbon, organic carbon, and bioaerosol, was also carried out. Large differences in the composition of PM 10 were detected between inside and outside as well as between different periods of the day and year. Indoor PM composition was related to the presence of people, to the season, and to the ventilation regime.

Keywords: air quality; particulate matter; ultrafine particles; computational fluid dynamics; bioaerosol; infiltration; ventilation; urban climate; street canyon; turbulence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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