Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 22;18(6):3276. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063276.
Worldwide people tend to spend approximately 90% of their time in different indoor environments. Along with the penetration of outside air pollutants, contaminants are produced in indoor environments due to different activities such as heating, cooling, cooking, and emissions from building products and the materials used. As people spend most of their lives in indoor environments, this has a significant influence on human health and productivity. Despite the two decades of indoor air quality (IAQ) research from different perspectives, there is still a lack of comprehensive evaluation of peer-reviewed IAQ studies that specifically covers the relationship between the internal characteristics of different types of building environments with IAQ to help understand the progress and limitations of IAQ research worldwide. Therefore, this review of scientific studies presents a broad spectrum of pollutants identified in both residential and commercial indoor environments, highlighting the trends and gaps in IAQ research. Moreover, analysis of literature data enabled us to assess the different IAQs in buildings located in different countries/regions, thus reflecting the current global scientific understanding of IAQ. This review has the potential to benefit building professionals by establishing indoor air regulations that account for all indoor contaminant sources to create healthy and sustainable building environments.
全世界的人往往会在不同的室内环境中花费大约 90%的时间。随着室外空气污染物的渗透，由于加热、冷却、烹饪以及建筑产品和所用材料的排放等不同活动，室内环境中会产生污染物。由于人们一生中的大部分时间都在室内环境中度过，这对人类健康和生产力有重大影响。尽管从不同角度对室内空气质量 (IAQ) 进行了二十年的研究，但仍缺乏对专门涵盖不同类型建筑环境内部特征与室内空气质量之间关系的同行评审室内空气质量研究的综合评估，以帮助了解全球室内空气质量研究的进展和局限性。因此，本科学研究综述介绍了在住宅和商业室内环境中确定的各种污染物，突出了室内空气质量研究的趋势和差距。此外，对文献数据的分析使我们能够评估位于不同国家/地区的建筑物的不同室内空气质量，从而反映出当前全球对室内空气质量的科学认识。本综述有可能通过制定考虑所有室内污染物来源的室内空气法规使建筑专业人员受益，从而创造健康和可持续的建筑环境。
