DEVELOPING A METHOD OF BAKE-OUT TO IMPROVE THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY THROUGH DISCHARGING THE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AT THE PREOCCUPANCY STAGE. CASE STUDY NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AT SUMMER IN EGYPT

Abstract

Summary:

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are chemicals released into the air from numerous materials—some of them are natural, human made, plant-based, and from animals, including people. Prolonged exposure to high concentrations of some VOCs has been linked to a wide range of chronic health problems. So this dissertation is arguing and hypothesized a method to measure and reduce the VOCs emission concentration. While the result shows that the deduced VOCs concentration level are much higher than the set threshold limit values during the Bake-Out & Non-Bake-Out process and the larger volume of space the more emissions concentration of VOCs, either using products which are green or non-green.