TY - CONF A1 - Brosig, Laura A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Pyza, Lars A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Applicability: Odour measurement based on ISO 16000-28 - enhanced determination of indoor air quality T2 - Indoor Air 2014 - 13th International conference on indoor air quality and climate (Proceedings) N2 - Odours might cause offensive nuisance and are under suspicion to be directly harmful to health. Surprisingly their assessment is by definition no part of the determination of indoor air quality (yet). As odours emit from building materials as well as from common consumer goods the users awareness increases continuously and demand for improved consumer protection raises. In comparison to well established methods for the determination of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the air, there is little experience regarding the applicability, comparability and reproducibility of odour measurements. Considering this, the international and the German standardisation take into account odour assessment, e.g. ISO 16000-28 and VDI 4302-1. In Germany the AgBB-Scheme is a mandatory tool for the evaluation of building products and it is intended to implement odour measurement into it. Initially and essentially the newly developed method had to be put to test involving institutes that deal with VOC measurements. To test the applicability of the method an interlaboratory test was conducted. The results and identified potential improvements are presented in this study (Brosig, 2013). T2 - Indoor Air 2014 - 13th International conference on indoor air quality and climate CY - Hongkong, China DA - 07.07.2014 KW - Odour measurement KW - Perceived intensity KW - Hedonic tone KW - VOC KW - Building materials PY - 2014 SP - HP1079, 1 EP - 4 AN - OPUS4-31390 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Brosig, Laura A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Method-verification and optimisation of the standardised assessment of odour intensity regarding ISO 16000-28 T2 - Proceedings Indoor Air Conference 2016 N2 - Besides measurement of VOC emissions also the evaluation of odour emissions and the perceived intensity of odours gains in importance. Due to difficulties detected in the measurement method of the perceived intensity described in (ISO 16000-28, 2012) the introduction of “reference” odours will be recommended for the training of panellists and as basis for interlaboratory comparisons. In order to generate the “reference” odours standard liquid substances were directly injected into the main gas flow provided to the panellists. One of the substances tested was ethyl acetate. A pre-evaluation was conducted with six untrained panellists and has shown that ethyl acetate is potentially suitable as reference odour. For further validation of those “reference” odours they additionally will be provided to and evaluated by trained panellists of well established-measurement institutes. T2 - Indoor Air 2016 The 14th international conference of Indoor Air Quality and Climate CY - Ghent, Belgium DA - 03.07.2016 KW - Odour assessment KW - Perceived odour intensity KW - Reference odour KW - Emission testing KW - Building products PY - 2016 SN - 978-0-9846855-5-4 SP - Paper 568, 1 EP - 6 AN - OPUS4-38373 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Brosig, Laura A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Ringversuche zur Einführung von Geruchsmessungen in die Bewertung von Bauprodukten entsprechend der DIN ISO 16000-28 und VDI 4302-1 T2 - 17. Workshop - Geruch und Emissionen bei Kunststoffen N2 - The DIN ISO 16000-28 and VDI 4302-1 describe a method for the assessment of the perceived intensity of odours. It is based on a trained assessment panel using a referencing scale that provides defined acetone concentrations. Due to the AgBB-scheme including a place holder for odour assessment it is currently checked whether the method is applicable. To check the applicability a pilot phase regarding the „Implementation of Odour Measurements into the Assessment of Building Products“ was started by AgBB1 in 2012. Düring this phase amongst others two interlaboratory tests were conducted. The first one in 2012 served to test the applicability and to identify need and potential for improvement. Based on those findings an additional Standard Operation procedure was developed for the second interlaboratory test in 2014. The second interlaboratory test confirmed the findings of the first one and the need for improvement of the measurement method as well. Nonetheless both tests showed Standard deviations of reproducibility between 20 and 40%. Standard deviations of reproducibility of well-established interlaboratory tests for VOCs show comparable results. T2 - 17. Workshop - Geruch und Emissionen bei Kunststoffen CY - Kassel, Germany DA - 16.03.2015 PY - 2015 SP - 8-1 EP - 8-9 AN - OPUS4-33075 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -