DocumentCode :
2526919
Title :
Urban Road Traffic Pollution and Its Effect on Indoor Air Quality
Author :
Currie, John I. ; Capper, Graham
Author_Institution :
Scottish Energy Centre, Edinburgh Napier Univ., Edinburgh, UK
fYear :
2009
fDate :
11-13 June 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
Indoor and outdoor concentrations of various pollutants were measured in a naturally ventilated city centre office building in order to assess the effect upon indoor pollution levels of the closure of some streets in the city to road traffic. The relationships between indoor and outdoor air qualities in respect of traffic-generated pollutants were studied and the building´s relative attenuation of external pollution levels investigated. It is important to consider whether or not these external pollutants are significant in terms of their ingress into buildings and present a potential health hazard. The peak concentrations of some of the external pollutants were attenuated by the building and the internal concentrations showed a reduction of up to 30% in some periods. Data was used as input to a particle tracking dispersion model in order to present an integrated approach to monitoring and modelling pollution in the urban environment.
Keywords :
air pollution; health hazards; road traffic; health hazard; indoor air quality; particle tracking dispersion; traffic-generated pollutants; urban road traffic pollution; Air pollution; Cities and towns; Energy measurement; Fabrics; Hazards; Roads; Traffic control; Urban pollution; Vehicles; Ventilation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2901-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2902-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163731
Filename :
5163731
Link To Document :
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