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Dicle University, 1st International Archictecture Symposium, Diyarbakır, Turkey, 4 - 06 October 2018, pp.1888-1900
Indoor air pollution is one of the major hazards that contradict the
primal existing aim of buildings. The negative outcomes due to the exposure to
indoor air pollution are mainly related to physical, chemical and biological
properties of pollutants and their concentration level which tend to change
constantly through space and time. This tendency increases the difficulties and
risk of inadequate results during the determination task of indoor air pollution.
Because of this, situations that affect these properties gain importance:
properties of pollutant resources, the volume of the space, properties of air
movements and relationship between different types of pollutants and indoor
surfaces. In scientific researches, it is stated that among these factors, the
results of mentioned relationship can create significant and unpredictable
health risks in consequence of insufficient level of knowledge about this
phenomenon. Based on the fact that, in most cases, the air pollution
encountered in indoor environments is a mixture of different groups; pollutants
can affect each other or be affected by the indoor surfaces according to their
duration of existence. The results of
these relations may change the types and concentration levels of pollutants,
hence the properties of indoor air pollution. The identification of different
possibilities of relations will facilitate the determination tasks of indoor
air pollution, increase the quality and enhance the results. In addition to
this, designers should be careful about the surface and chemical properties of
building products and if possible avoid selecting reaction prone products or
use them with proper solutions. Also, appropriate detail design can eliminate
the negative impacts of dampness, temperature, humidity conditions that
accelerate relation results and rapid removal of pollutants before the relation
starts can be supplied with an intentionally designed ventilation strategy.