Impacts of air conditioning on air quality in tiny homes in Hong Kong.

Air conditioning Carbon dioxide Hong Kong Indoor air quality Particulate matter Sick building syndrome

Journal

The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Sep 2019
Historique:
received: 25 03 2019
revised: 12 05 2019
accepted: 23 05 2019
pubmed: 4 6 2019
medline: 4 6 2019
entrez: 3 6 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The risk of developing sick building syndrome is known to be higher in air-conditioned than naturally ventilated spaces. In Hong Kong, air conditioning (AC) is commonly used in homes to relieve summer heat stress. This study aims to assess the air quality impacts of AC in tiny homes called SDUs (sub-divided units). Poor ventilation and stronger heat stress in such informal housing could necessitate the use of AC. Predicted mean vote (PMV), CO, CO

Identifiants

pubmed: 31154216
pii: S0048-9697(19)32407-6
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.354
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

434-444

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Pui Kwan Cheung (PK)

Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: cpk105@connect.hku.hk.

C Y Jim (CY)

Department of Social Sciences, Education University of Hong Kong, Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: cyjim@eduhk.hk.

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