Indoor air Quality and Its Effects on Health in Urban Houses of Indonesia: A case study of Surabaya

Kubota, Tetsu and Sani, Hanief Ariesman and Surahman, Usep and Paramita, Beta and Ray, Hamidie Ronald Daniel (2018) Indoor air Quality and Its Effects on Health in Urban Houses of Indonesia: A case study of Surabaya. In: The 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, 10-12 December 2018, Hongkong.

Abstract

There is a possibility that the sick building syndrome has already spread widely among the newly
constructed apartments in major cities of Indonesia. This study investigates the current conditions of indoor air
quality, focusing especially on formaldehyde and TVOC, and their effects on health among occupants in the urban
houses located in the city of Surabaya. A total of 471 respondents were interviewed and 82 rooms were measured
from September 2017 to January 2018. The results indicated that around 50% of the respondents in the
apartments showed some degrees of chemical sensitivity risk. More than 60% of the measured formaldehyde
levels in the apartments exceeded the WHO standard, 0.08 ppm. The respondents living in rooms with higher mean
formaldehyde values tended to have higher multiple chemical sensitivity risk scores.
KEYWORDS: Indoor air quality, Sick building syndrome, QEESI, Formaldehyde, Developing countries

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Pendidikan Teknik dan Industri > Jurusan Pendidikan Teknik Arsitektur
Depositing User:	Dr.Eng. Usep Surahman
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2023 09:38
Last Modified:	01 Sep 2023 09:38
URI:	http://repository.upi.edu/id/eprint/89774

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