Building Restoration and Indoor Air Quality

摘要

Any restoration of a water-damaged building must result in a healthy indoor environment to be regarded as successful.A restored building being surface clean and dry is not good enough;people who reside in the building should feel secure that the indoor air,after the restoration,is clean and safe to inhale.Unfortunately,this is often not the case,even when all affected areas of the building have been dried thoroughly.Drying is necessary to stop moisture-driven degradations of materials of the building as well as continued mold growth,but it is not enough to secure clean indoor air,because the numerous chemicals that have been formed due to the action of water,or moisture,on the materials will still remain in the building construction.These chemicals will inevitably be emitted into the indoor air long after the restoration process,resulting in an unsatisfactory indoor air quality(IAQ).This may result in adverse health symptoms such as asthma,skin and eye irritation,and fatigue.