Indoor air quality and consideration of the effects of dust particulates on indoor air quality

INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND CONSIDERATION OF THE EFFECTS OFDUST PARTICULATES ON INDOOR AIR QUALITY( M. Sc. Thesis )Orkun ALPTEKİNGAZI UNIVERSITYINSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYFebruary 2007ABSTRACTLeading a healthy and comfortable life is the most basic requirement ofthe human beings. Nowadays human spend most of their time indoorsso indoor air quality becomes important. Indoor air quality is affectedby environment, users and construction materials. In differentstructures and varieties pollutants are spread from these sources.People that exposed to pollutants spread to air have been sufferingfrom variety health problems. For this reason, inspecting resources ofparticulates and gases in indoor air has become an important issue. Inthis thesis, indoor air quality, factors of indoor air pollutants, indoor airpollutants and effects of indoor air quality on health and productivityare discussed. With experiments made at Dumlupinar University, SariKonak, Rectorate, İ.İ.B.F. and Cafeteria buildings are measuredconcentration of respirable particulates in indoor air. On theconsequence of measurement results analysis, it is seen thatconstruction materials, users? numbers and using types of constructionaffect the indoor air quality.Science Code : 804.1.102Key Words : Indoor air quality, particulates, construction materialsPage Number : 60Adviser : Prof. Dr. Gülser ÇELEBİ