EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of ISO 16000-26 testing. ISO 16000-26 specifies the planning of indoor carbon dioxide pollution measurements. When it comes to indoor air measurements, careful planning of the sampling and the entire measurement strategy is particularly important because the result of the measurement can have far-reaching implications, for example, in determining the need for corrective action or success.
An improper measurement strategy can lead to misrepresentation of real conditions or worse, erroneous results.
This part of ISO 16000 describes key considerations when working on a sampling strategy for indoor air carbon dioxide measurements. It is intended to be a link between ISO 16000-1 and analytical procedures.
Carbon dioxide plays a central role in life processes on Earth. As a result of plant activity (from carbon dioxide and water, under the influence of sunlight, in the presence of chlorophyll as a catalyst), organic compounds (predominantly carbohydrates) and oxygen are formed, which are necessary for life on earth. In more or less reverse of this process, CO2 is formed in the air as one of the end products of the combustion of hydrocarbons (in addition to water). This process primarily proceeds in all types of burning apparatus and fireplaces, and secondly, it plays an important role in the metabolism of living things. CO2 formed in metabolic processes is released into the ambient air.
If carbon monoxide (CO) measurement is also intended, this part of ISO 16000 is not suitable for CO measurement planning. CO is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause sudden illness and death. It occurs in the process of incomplete combustion and can contaminate indoor air due to a faulty chimney or a fireplace that is drawing bad air. CO can be measured with commercially available automated meters or direct-read detector tubes.
CO2 can also be used to determine air exchange in a room due to its inert character and ease of analysis. For this, in the absence of room occupants, CO2 is additionally introduced into the room air to achieve a concentration significantly higher than the natural concentration in the air. This concentration should not exceed 20000 ppm. The air exchange rate can be calculated from measuring the decrease in CO2 concentration over time.
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