{"id":116285,"date":"2026-09-11T15:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/publikasjoner\/voc-contributions-from-building-materials-furniture-and-user-equipmentin-low-emitting-and-modular-classrooms\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:11:14","slug":"voc-contributions-from-building-materials-furniture-and-user-equipmentin-low-emitting-and-modular-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"nva_publication","link":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/publications\/voc-contributions-from-building-materials-furniture-and-user-equipmentin-low-emitting-and-modular-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"VOC contributions from building materials, furniture, and user equipment\r\nin low emitting and modular classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This study aimed to assess whether building materials,<br \/>\nfurniture, and user equipment are sources of pollution<br \/>\nthat would influence the need for ventilation. Between<br \/>\n2017-2020, measurements were taken in four regular<br \/>\nclassrooms in a low emitting school and four modular<br \/>\nclassrooms in a prefabricated school. Weekly passive<br \/>\nsampling of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and<br \/>\naldehydes were carried out in the classrooms under<br \/>\nthe following four conditions: 1) emptied, 2) furnished,<br \/>\n3) with furniture and user equipment, and 4) during<br \/>\nnormal use. For the first three conditions, the<br \/>\nclassrooms were measured with either no ventilation<br \/>\nor &#8220;low&#8221; airflow rates. Total VOC (TVOC)<br \/>\nconcentrations were up to ten times higher in the<br \/>\nunventilated classroom at the prefabricated school<br \/>\ncompared to classrooms at the low emitting school<br \/>\n(&lt;450 \u00b5g\/m3 for conditions 1-2). Our results show the\nimportance of selecting low emitting building\nmaterials and proper ventilation.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_id":"","_status":"PUBLISHED","_sync_date":"2026-09-11 14:12:12","footnotes":""},"nva_tax_category":[1081],"class_list":["post-116285","nva_publication","type-nva_publication","status-publish","hentry","nva_tax_category-part-of-book-or-report"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nva_publication\/116285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nva_publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nva_publication"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nva_publication\/116285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"nva_tax_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nilu.gnist.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nva_tax_category?post=116285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}