Indoor radon problem in energy efficient multi-storey buildings.
Modern energy-efficient architectural solutions and building construction technologies such as monolithic concrete structures in combination with effective insulation reduce air permeability of building envelope. As a result, air exchange rate is significantly reduced and conditions for increased radon accumulation in indoor air are created. Based on radon survey in Ekaterinburg, Russia, remarkable increase in indoor radon concentration level in energy-efficient multi-storey buildings was found in comparison with similar buildings constructed before the-energy-saving era. To investigate the problem of indoor radon in energy-efficient multi-storey buildings, the measurements of radon concentration have been performed in seven modern buildings using radon monitoring method. Values of air exchange rate and other parameters of indoor climate in energy-efficient buildings have been estimated.
Institute of Industrial Ecology UB RAS, Sophy Kovalevskoy st., 20, Ekaterinburg 620990, Russia ivy@ecko.uran.ru.
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Yarmoshenko
Institute of Industrial Ecology UB RAS, Sophy Kovalevskoy st., 20, Ekaterinburg 620990, Russia.
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Vasilyev
Institute of Industrial Ecology UB RAS, Sophy Kovalevskoy st., 20, Ekaterinburg 620990, Russia.
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Onishchenko
Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia.
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Kiselev
Institute of Industrial Ecology UB RAS, Sophy Kovalevskoy st., 20, Ekaterinburg 620990, Russia.
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Zhukovsky
D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D014691:Ventilation
D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011886:Radon