Terraced residential housing indoor and outdoor air quality in Shah Alam, Malaysia

Author

Darus, Fairus Muhamad ; Zain-Ahmed, Azni ; Latif, Mohd Talib

Author_Institution

Fac. of Appl. Sci., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

1-3 June 2011

Firstpage

204

Lastpage

208

Abstract

The indoor and outdoor air quality at four residential buildings in Shah Alam, Selangor was investigated. The concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO₂), and particulate matters (PM₁₀) in outdoor and indoor of the houses were determined for 8 hour period. The mean concentration of CO, CO₂ and PM₁₀ indoor was in the range 0.24-0.31 ppm, 437.18-549.57 ppm and 94.00-124.00 μg/m³ respectively. The results indicated that all of the average indoor concentrations of CO, CO₂, and PM₁₀ were below the limit of Malaysian guideline standards. The indoor/outdoor concentration ratios of all air pollutants were found to be below one, except for CO₂ which seems to be affected by outdoor sources of origin.

Keywords

air pollution measurement; atmospheric composition; carbon compounds; CO; CO₂; Malaysia; Selangor; Shah Alam; air pollutant concentration; carbon dioxide concentration; carbon monoxide concentration; indoor-to-outdoor concentration ratio; particulate matter concentration; terraced residential housing indoor air quality; terraced residential housing outdoor air quality; Air pollution; Buildings; Carbon dioxide; Correlation; Guidelines; Roads; Ventilation; CO2; House; I/O ratio; Indoor air quality (IAQ); PM10;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sustainable Energy & Environment (ISESEE), 2011 3rd International Symposium & Exhibition in

Conference_Location

Melaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0340-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISESEE.2011.5977090

Filename

5977090