Indoor air quality in Montréal area day-care centres, Canada

The European energy policy pushes the member states to transform building stock into nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (nZEB). This paper is focused on data collected from existing nZEB day-care centres,in order to be able to assess possible differences between predicted and actual energy and indoorenvironmental performance. Building structures, service systems and the indoor climate and energyperformance of five day-care centres were investigated in Estonia, Finland and Norway.Indoor climate condition measurements showed that in general, the thermal environment and indoor airquality corresponded to the highest indoor climate categories I and II (EN 15251). Building heating andventilation systems in studied buildings are working without major problems. Good indoor climate conditions were also reflected in the occupant satisfaction questionnaires. For most of the studied buildings, over 80%of the people marked all indoor environment condition parameters (thermal comfort, indoor air quality,acoustics, odour and illuminance) acceptable. The thermal environment in the cooling season was reportedproblematic because it was lower than the minimum temperature for indoor climate category II.Energy consumption analysis showed that measured real energy use was higher, or even significantlyhigher, than the energy use calculated during the design phase. Potential causes of the higher actualenergy consumption are caused by differences of measured and designed solutions, methodology of theenergy calculations, and the differences in user behaviour.Lessons learnt from previously constructed day-care centres can be utilised in the planning and designof new nZEBs.

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Effect of indoor air quality of day care centers in children with different predisposition for asthma

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology ◽

10.1111/pai.12521 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 299-306 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Pedro Carreiro-Martins ◽

Ana Luisa Papoila ◽

Iolanda Caires ◽

Susana Azevedo ◽

Maria Manuela Cano ◽

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Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Indoor Air Quality ◽

Indoor Air ◽

Day Care ◽

Day Care Centers

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486. Indoor Air Quality Assessment of Licensed Day Care Facilities

10.3320/1.2763359 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

S. Ferng ◽

L. Lee

Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Quality Assessment ◽

Indoor Air Quality ◽

Indoor Air ◽

Day Care ◽

Air Quality Assessment ◽

Care Facilities

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Monitoring indoor air quality in French schools and day-care centers

HVAC&R Research ◽

10.1080/10789669.2013.812498 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (8) ◽

pp. 1083-1089 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Nicolas Michelot ◽

Caroline Marchand ◽

Olivier Ramalho ◽

Véronique Delmas ◽

Marie Carrega

Keyword(s):

Air Quality ◽

Indoor Air Quality ◽

Indoor Air ◽

Day Care ◽

Day Care Centers

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Measurement of Indoor Air Quality Parameters in Daycare Centres in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.564.245 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 564 ◽

pp. 245-249 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tezara Cionita ◽

Nor Mariah Adam ◽

Juliana Jalaludin ◽

Mariani Mansor ◽

Januar Siregar

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Carbon Monoxide ◽

Indoor Air Quality ◽

Indoor Air ◽

Day Care ◽

Industrial Area ◽

Quality Parameters ◽

Residential Area ◽

Day Care Centers ◽

Day Care Centres

This paper focuses on the monitoring of indoor air quality parameters, namely: indoor temperature, humidity, velocity, particulate matter, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in day care centres. This study selected 15 day care centres located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These day care centres were categorized as follows: (1) day care centers near an industrial area, (2) day care centers near a main road, and (3) day care centers in a residential area. The obtained data showed that the values for the indoor air quality parameters in all day care centres were still well below the recommended value according to the Department of Safety and Health, Malaysia. The day care centers near an industrial area had the highest value of carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide as compared to the day care centers near a main road and the day care centers in a residential area. The average concentrations of carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide in the day care centers near an industrial area were 3.67 ppm and 801.56 ppm respectively. Meanwhile, the carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide in the day care centers near a main road area and the day care centers in a residential area were 3.13 ppm, 768.22 ppm, 2.92 ppm and 733.70 ppm, respectively.

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