EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of ISO 16000-8 testing. ISO 16000-8 describes the use of single trace gas to determine the local average age of air as an indicator of ventilation conditions in a building. Procedures include concentration decay and homogeneous constant emission.
The methods described are for air quality studies and can be used to check whether building ventilation requirements are being met, to estimate the adequacy of ventilation in buildings with indoor air quality problems, and to characterize the strength and distribution of indoor emission sources.
In principle, the methods can be applied to all interior spaces, regardless of the type of ventilation used and the air mix between zones. Existing ventilation conditions need not be disturbed by measurement.
Adequate air exchange is essential for indoor air quality. Proper ventilation of all buildings is essential for the health and comfort of occupants as well as protection against damage (eg due to excessive atmospheric humidity). However, today the use of tightly closed windows, for example in residential and office buildings, can lead to insufficient ventilation. This can lead to an increase in the concentration of substances emitted indoors. The use of manual ventilation or mechanical ventilation systems by building occupants is therefore necessary. However, excessive ventilation can cause discomfort and increased energy consumption.
Building regulations provide ventilation to control moisture and other contaminants. Measurements of the ventilation conditions allow verification whether these requirements are met in practice. It is important to know the ventilation conditions in order to analyze possible causes of poor indoor air quality. Therefore, ideally, sampling and analysis of indoor pollutants should be accompanied by ventilation measurement, making it possible to estimate the strengths of pollutant sources.
This part of ISO 16000 describes the use of single trace gas to determine the age of air in a naturally or mechanically ventilated building. The age of the air is an important factor in assessing the adequacy of ventilation. The concept of the local average age of the air (and its inverse, the local effective air exchange rate) is used to evaluate the ventilation conditions in the building. The average age of the air in a building area indicates the average time it takes the air in an area to accumulate pollutants in the building. It is closely linked to the time it takes to change the weather within a region.
EUROLAB assists manufacturers with ISO 16000-8 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.
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