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Impact of Seasonal Trends and External Windows Structures on Both Indoor PM2.5 Pollution Level at Several Residential Buildings in Beijing, China

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Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2019) (ISHVAC 2019)

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This paper investigated the variation characteristics of ambient atmospheric PM2.5 and its influence on indoor environment, with considering several monitored residential buildings in Beijing, China. Conditions were considered for the room by air infiltration, with all the external windows closed and no indoor PM2.5 pollution sources. The constant monitoring of both outdoor and indoor PM2.5 mass concentrations was respectively made for one year from March 2016 to February 2017. Meteorological parameters were monitored simultaneously to be correlated with PM2.5 mass concentrations and indoor-outdoor concentration ratios. The results indicated: (1) Size of more than 90% of atmospheric particles were under 1 μm. (2) The monthly-average concentrations of outdoor and indoor PM2.5 tended to be highest in winter, followed by autumn, spring and summer. Additionally, the average I/O ratios in summer were lower compared to other three seasons. (3) PM2.5 mass concentration was significantly influenced by ambient wind speed and relative humidity. However, outdoor temperature played a negligible role in PM2.5 mass concentrations. (4) Better window airtightness will help to keep a high-demanded indoor environment by resisting atmospherics PM2.5 going indoors.

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This work was sponsored by the 13th Five-Year Key Project, Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2017YFC0702800).

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  1. Institute of Building Environment and Energy Efficiency, China Academy of Building Research, Beijing, China

    Ziguang Chen, Guoqing Cao, Xuan Li & Mingjian Zhang

  2. CAUPD Beijing Planning & Design Consultants Co., Beijing, China

    Yan Wu

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  1. Department of Building Thermal Engineering, School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

    Zhaojun Wang

  2. Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Yingxin Zhu

  3. Department of Building Thermal Engineering, School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

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Chen, Z., Wu, Y., Cao, G., Li, X., Zhang, M. (2020). Impact of Seasonal Trends and External Windows Structures on Both Indoor PM2.5 Pollution Level at Several Residential Buildings in Beijing, China. In: Wang, Z., Zhu, Y., Wang, F., Wang, P., Shen, C., Liu, J. (eds) Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2019). ISHVAC 2019. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9520-8_33

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