ISO 16000-5 Indoor Air - Part 5: Sampling Strategy Test for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of ISO 16000-5 testing. ISO 16000-5 is designed to assist in planning volatile organic compound (VOC) indoor pollution measurements. When it comes to indoor air measurements, careful planning of sampling and the entire measurement strategy is particularly important.

An inappropriate measurement strategy can contribute more to the complete uncertainty of the measurement result than the measurement procedure itself.

ISO 16000-1 describes the general requirements for the measurement of indoor air pollutants and important conditions that must be met before or during sampling of individual pollutants or groups of pollutants.

This section of ISO 16000 describes key considerations when working on a sampling strategy for measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor air.

Several hundred VOCs from various sources have been detected in indoor air. These sources may be present in the room continuously or intermittently. The most important permanent sources are all kinds of building products, furniture and room textiles. Discontinuous resources include household products and renovation products, as well as a range of occupants and their activities, such as smoking and hobby chores. Ambient air should also be considered a source, but the contribution of VOCs to indoor air pollution is generally less significant.

The various types of sources mentioned in the previous paragraph emit a wide range of different VOCs into the indoor air. They also have different emission profiles. Since the goal of most indoor air analyzes is to provide as representative information as possible about the air pollution status of a room, taking into account emission characteristics, it is important to develop a robust measurement strategy. It should also be noted that VOC concentrations in indoor air vary from room to room and may change over time.

EUROLAB assists manufacturers with ISO 16000-5 test compliance. Our test experts, with their professional working mission and principles, provide you, our manufacturers and suppliers, the best service and controlled testing process in our laboratories. Thanks to these services, businesses receive more effective, high-performance and quality testing services and provide safe, fast and uninterrupted service to their customers.