Application of an indoor air pollution metamodel to a spatially-distributed housing stock.

ABSTRACT: Estimates of population air pollution exposure typically rely on the outdoor component only, and rarely account for populations spending the majority of their time indoors. Housing is an important modifier of air pollution exposure due to outdoor pollution infiltrating indoors, and the removal of indoor-sourced pollution through active or passive ventilation. Here, we describe the application of an indoor air pollution modelling tool to a spatially distributed housing stock model for England and Wales, developed from Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data and containing information for approximately 11.5 million dwellings. First, we estimate indoor/outdoor (I/O) ratios and total indoor concentrations of outdoor air pollution for PM_2.5 and NO₂ for all EPC dwellings

SUBMITTER: Taylor J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6467545 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature