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    This document provides guidelines for indoor air quality in buildings. It establishes guidelines for carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ozone, particulate matter, temperature, humidity and air flow. It recommends that buildings have mechanical ventilation systems to purge indoor air. Intakes should be filtered and located away from contaminant sources. Ducting and filters should be accessible for maintenance. The guidelines provide standards for construction, commissioning, renovation and ongoing maintenance of ventilation systems to ensure good indoor air quality and occupant health.

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    This document provides guidelines for indoor air quality in buildings. It establishes guidelines for carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ozone, particulate matter, temperature, humidity and air flow. It recommends that buildings have mechanical ventilation systems to purge indoor air. Intakes should be filtered and located away from contaminant sources. Ducting and filters should be accessible for maintenance. The guidelines provide standards for construction, commissioning, renovation and ongoing maintenance of ventilation systems to ensure good indoor air quality and occupant health.

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    This document provides guidelines for indoor air quality in buildings. It establishes guidelines for carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ozone, particulate matter, temperature, humidity and air flow. It recommends that buildings have mechanical ventilation systems to purge indoor air. Intakes should be filtered and located away from contaminant sources. Ducting and filters should be accessible for maintenance. The guidelines provide standards for construction, commissioning, renovation and ongoing maintenance of ventilation systems to ensure good indoor air quality and occupant health.

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    Text Book : NEA Office IAQ Guidelines

    Name : Han Htun Naing

    PART I
    PRELIMINARY
    Purpose
     Provide guidelines for good indoor air quality

    Scope and application


     Applies to all buildings, new and existing
     Addressed are carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, ozone, volatile organic chemicals, total bacterial
     counts, total fungal counts, suspended particulate matter, air temperature, relative humidity, and air movement.
     specified for carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, and ozone based on their known health effects.
     Specified for suspended particulate matter, volatile organic chemicals, bacteria and fungi

    Glossary
     Treating air to meet the requirements of a conditioned space by controlling its temperature, humidity, cleanliness
    and distribution.
     Building-related illness refers to any illness
     Occupied zone (between the floor and 1.8 m above the floor, and more than 0.6 m from the walls)

    PART II
    IDENTIFYING INDOOR AIR QUALITY PROBLEMS
    Assessment of indoor air quality problems
     Assess the risks to health arising
     Good IAQ improves productivity, poor IAQ lead to losses in productivity

    Action plan to achieve good indoor air quality

     Building plans showing the details of all the floors, and location of the cooling towers and fresh air inlets to the
    building;
     ACMV system layout plans or schematics
     ACMV system operating schedule and maintenance records.

    PART III

    IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY

    Design

     The building should be provided with a mechanical ventilation system that can be operated when required to
    purge the indoor air from the space, in addition to the air-conditioning system
     Intakes should not be located below ground level or close to evaporative cooling towers. Outdoor air filters should
    be placed as close as possible to the intake points

    Construction
     The supply and return air ducts should be made accessible for inspection and cleaning.
     Outdoor air for ventilation and indoor air that is to be recirculated should be filtered for particulates. A filter should
    be placed for outdoor air that is to be introduced into an air handling unit room.
     Installations unrelated to the ACMV system should not be located in the air-handling unit rooms.

    Commissioning and operation


     Before a new or retrofitted building is commissioned into service, it should be demonstrated that the ACMV
    system has been constructed.
     The minimum arrestance efficiency for the air filters for cleaning outdoor and indoor air should be 60% and 80%,
    respectively.
     Rooms where air handling units are situated should not be used as passage ways or for storage. Where they
    open to a source of contamination, the doors of the rooms should remain air-tight

    Renovation
     Major renovation works should be undertaken in such a way that a satisfactory indoor environment is secured
     After any major renovation to the building where the air-conditioning system has been affected (eg.by partitioning
    of office space), rebalancing of the air distribution should be required.

    Maintenance

     Maintenance staff should be familiar with the prevention of any hazard arising from the building.
     The components of air-handling units such as fans and dampers should be cleaned at least every six months
     Filters should be cleaned or replaced so that they are performing properly at all times and do not become clogged.
     Cooling coils, condensate pipes and water trays should be checked regularly
     Cooling towers should be cleaned and treated in accordance with guidelines specified in the Code of Practice
     Records should be kept of all maintenance work-when and what was done.

    Quality control
     An audit should be conducted by the competent persons within six months after commencement of operation of
     the ACMV system.
     During the normal operation of a building, an audit should be conducted by the competent persons at least every
     two years
     The necessary plans, drawings and specifications on the building and its installations should be kept by the
    owner
     or the management corporation of the building

    APPENDIX A
    SOME COMMON INDOOR AIR CONTAMINANTS
     Carbon Dioxide
     Carbon monoxide
     Formaldehyde
     Ozone
    APPENDIX B

    SAMPLE CHECKLIST FOR BUILDING INSPECTION

     Human Exposure and Comfort Levels


     Potential source of contaminants
     Ventilation and Air Conditioning

    Summary
    Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to the air quality within and around buildings and structures, especially as it relates
    to the health and comfort of building occupants.

    Further Reading
     Code of Practice (CP 83)
     SS 553_ 2009 (Formerly 13) ACMV
     Myanmar National Building Code_ 2016
     GMEB M&V

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