H. Schleibinger, U. Hott, P. Braun, D. Marchl, H. Rueden
Year:
2003
Bibliographic info:
Healthy Buildings 2003 - Proceedings 7th International Conference (7th-11th December 2003) - National University of Singapore - Vol. 3, pp 586-592, 2 Tab., 10 Ref.

Toxicologically derived guidelines for the evaluation of VOC concentrations are still sparse.Therefore a schema is proposed for establishing target or intervention values which includesfollowing basics: i) Guidelines are derived from statistical values of representative studies. ii)Guidelines should refer to standardized analytical methods. iii) Guidelines should exist for allvolatile indoor air contaminants. iv) Possibility of dynamic adaptation, if the VOC mixturechanges. v) Up-to-dateness. vi) TVOC concept and values for groups of VOC should beincluded. - As actual data from large surveys are not yet available, target and interventionvalues were derived for 100 VOC, 12 groups of VOC and for the TVOC (sum of VOC) on thebase of 5 studies: Schleibinger et al. (2001), Lux et al. (2001), B.A.U.CH. (2000), Oppl(2000) and Scholz (2000). As long as toxicologically derived values are not obtainable for allVOC encountered indoors these values are proposed for evaluating indoor air situations.