Research projectBulgarian National Research Fund
The human being as a physiological source of deterioration of air quality and comfort conditions in non-industrial indoor environments
The object of study in the project is the phenomenology of the impact of humans as a physiological source on the deterioration of the internal environment they inhabit and the conditions of comfort, and specifically on the quality of air in the room. The study focuses on non-industrial indoor environments: residential buildings, educational buildings, administrative buildings, public buildings.
Category
Bulgarian National Research Fund
Program
Scientific Research Fund
Number
DN17/12/12.12.2017
Coordinator
Prof. DSc Eng. Petar Stankov
Duration
12.12.2017 - 12.12.2020
Funding
FNI under the Ministry of Education and Science in the Competition for Funding of Scientific Research – 2017
About the project
The object of research in the project is the phenomenology of the impact of a human being as a physiological source on the deterioration of the inhabited internal environment and comfort conditions, and specifically on the air quality in the room. The research focuses on non-industrial internal environments: residential buildings, educational buildings, administrative buildings, and public buildings.
The relevance and significance of the research problem are determined by the fact that in modern society, people spend about 90 percent of their time in enclosed environments – at home, in the office, in classrooms, in public buildings, and others. This defines the quality of the internal environment (microclimate) as very important for inhabitants, as it affects their health, comfort, and productivity. Hence follows the multiplying socio-economic effect of the quality of the internal environment. Achieving the planned goal of the project includes expanding the experimental base of the SERDESEN center by constructing a specialized climate chamber, developing a methodology for conducting the research and processing experimental data, conducting the planned experiment in the climate chamber with human participation, and creating a database with the results of the experimental research.
The planned research is based on three working hypotheses, which are related to the phenomenology of the effect of the human body as a source of air pollution in the room.
The effect of implementing the proposed project is both scientific and social, and is primarily contained in the fact that this is an innovative and first-of-its-kind research in the world. Thus, for the first time, on a strict scientific basis, an extremely important question for the individual and society is raised regarding the impact of a human being as a physiological source of air pollution in the internal environment as a result of metabolism, the parameters of the internal environment, and air quality, and as a consequence thereof – the effect on human productivity, health, and quality of life.
In a strict scientific plan, the project aims to contribute significant knowledge to the field at the European and global levels.
The relevance and significance of the research problem are determined by the fact that in modern society, people spend about 90 percent of their time in enclosed environments – at home, in the office, in classrooms, in public buildings, and others. This defines the quality of the internal environment (microclimate) as very important for inhabitants, as it affects their health, comfort, and productivity. Hence follows the multiplying socio-economic effect of the quality of the internal environment. Achieving the planned goal of the project includes expanding the experimental base of the SERDESEN center by constructing a specialized climate chamber, developing a methodology for conducting the research and processing experimental data, conducting the planned experiment in the climate chamber with human participation, and creating a database with the results of the experimental research.
The planned research is based on three working hypotheses, which are related to the phenomenology of the effect of the human body as a source of air pollution in the room.
The effect of implementing the proposed project is both scientific and social, and is primarily contained in the fact that this is an innovative and first-of-its-kind research in the world. Thus, for the first time, on a strict scientific basis, an extremely important question for the individual and society is raised regarding the impact of a human being as a physiological source of air pollution in the internal environment as a result of metabolism, the parameters of the internal environment, and air quality, and as a consequence thereof – the effect on human productivity, health, and quality of life.
In a strict scientific plan, the project aims to contribute significant knowledge to the field at the European and global levels.