TY - CONF A1 - Wiegner, Katharina A1 - Brödner, Doris A1 - Horn, Wolfgang T1 - Correlation of aldehyde emissions and fatty acids content in pine wood and oriented strand boards N2 - Indoor air quality is important for human health and comfort. To ensure good indoor air quality contamination by volatile organic compounds (VOC) should be minimised. The aim of the project is the reduction of unsaturated aldehydes which can emit from oriented Strand boards (OSB): These aldehydes have an impact on the health based evaluation of emissions from products for indoor use according to the AgBB (Ausschuss zur gesundheitlichen Bewertung von Bauprodukten, Committee for Health Evaluation of Building Products) scheine (AgBB 2010). The model OSB were produced in a pilot plant using well known raw materials (Pinus sylvestris at different trunk heights) under using various processing parameters (Wilke et al. 2011). OSB emit predominantly monoterpenes and aldehydes. Aldehydes are oxidation products of fatty acids in wood. The conditions which affect the oxidation process are the fatty acid concentration and composition, the oxygen content, the sample surface and the presence of compounds which indicate, inhibit or stop the oxidation respectively. The oxidation rate rises with an increasing number of double bounds in the fatty acid, e.g. the oxidation rate between oleic, linoleic and linolenic acid correspond to 1:12:24. One of the most important products of fatty acid oxidation is hexanal. It is generated during the oxidation of linoleic acid. This study shows a direct correlation between aldehyde emission and oxidation, hexanal can be used as an indicator for oxidation. T2 - Indoor Air 2011, 12th International conference on indoor air quality and climate CY - Austin, TX, USA DA - 05.06.2011 KW - VOCs KW - Oxidation products KW - Fatty acid KW - Saturated and unsaturated aldehyde KW - Hexanal PY - 2011 IS - Paper 768 SP - 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-23878 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, B. A1 - Panaskova, J. A1 - Jann, Oliver A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Müller, D. A1 - Plehn, W. T1 - Results of sensory tests and sensory-limit settings for building materials in Germany N2 - Indoor air pollutants influence the health and comfort of building occupants and consequently the energy consumption of the building. The pollutants are emitted by various sources. Among these sources, building products are of particular importance. To control the emission of pollutants from building materials, a few different voluntary labelling Systems have been introduced in Europe. In Germany also mandatory “Principles for the health assessment of construction products used in interiors” have been applied for the technical approval of floor coverings since 2004. This procedure is based on the assessment scheine of the Committee for Health-related Evaluation of Building Products (AgBBScheme). The sensory-limit settings for building-material label Blue Angel offer consumer to differ not only low-emission but also low-odour Building materials from another building materials. T2 - Indoor Air 2011, 12th International conference on indoor air quality and climate CY - Austin, TX, USA DA - 05.06.2011 KW - Perceived air-quality KW - Odour evaluation KW - Odour labelling KW - Test procedure KW - Standardisation PY - 2011 IS - Paper 768 SP - 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-23882 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Howard-Reed, C. A1 - Liu, Z. A1 - Cox, S. A1 - Little, J. A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Wiegner, Katharina A1 - Persily, A. T1 - Inter-laboratory study approach to validate the performance of a prototype reference material for product emissions testing N2 - Product emissions chamber testing involves a complex protocol with several sources of measurement uncertainty (ASTM, 2010; ISO, 2006). Despite the potential for significant variability in measurement results within and among laboratories, there is no Standard method available to assess the accuracy of emissions chamber test results. Recently, Germany’s Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) started a program to evaluate the performance of laboratories testing for the AgBB (German Committee for Health-related Evaluation of Building Products) labelling scheme (Wilke et al., 2009). Test method validation was conducted through interlaboratory studies (ILS) with over 30 participants. Simultaneously, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Virginia Tech (VT) started a program to develop a series of reference materials that mimic real building products, can be tested in typical emissions chambers, and have independently known emission rates (Cox et al., 2010). BAM, NIST and VT subsequently joined forces to conduct a series of inter-laboratory studies using the prototype reference material. A pilot ILS was conducted with BAM and NIST followed by an expanded ILS with several participating countries. Results from these interlaboratory studies have the potential to define an internationally-accepted Standard approach to validate results from product emissions tests. T2 - Indoor Air 2011, 12th International conference on indoor air quality and climate CY - Austin, TX, USA DA - 05.06.2011 KW - Test method validation KW - Volatile organic compounds KW - Product certification PY - 2011 IS - Paper 768 SP - 1 EP - 2 AN - OPUS4-23883 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Oppl, R. T1 - European Test Method Validation Approaches T2 - NIST/Virginia Tech Workshop: Reference Material Development for Product Emissions Testing CY - Gaithersburg, MD, USA DA - 2011-04-28 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-23913 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Barthel, Mathias A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Rothhardt, Monika A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Juritsch, Elevtheria A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Erfassung der Zahl feiner und ultrafeiner Partikel aus Bürogeräten während der Druckphase zur Entwicklung eines Prüfverfahrens für das Umweltzeichen Blauer Engel für Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion - Zusammenfassung N2 - Vor dem Hintergrund der anhaltenden öffentlichen Diskussion um mögliche gesundheitliche Risiken von Ultrafein- und Feinstaubemissionen aus Bürogeräten mit Laserdruckfunktion (LPD, Laser Printing Device) wurde vom Umweltbundesamt ein Forschungsvorhaben zur Entwicklung einer Prüfprozedur für die Quantifizierung der emittierten Partikel durch Zählung unter Standardbedingungen in Emissionsmesskammern, sowie zur physikalischen und chemischen Charakterisierung dieser Aerosole initiiert. Als Ergebnis konnte die Partikelzählung in den Entwurf des Prüfverfahrens für die Bestimmung von Emissionen (RAL-UZ-122, Anhang S-M) des Umweltzeichens "Blauer Engel" für Bürogeräte sowie in den Prüfstandards ECMA-328 und den Entwurf der ISO/IEC 28360 integriert werden. Die Methode wurde in einem internationalen Ringversuch erfolgreich getestet. Auf dieser Basis können Vergabekriterien und -werte für die Emission von Fein- und Ultrafeinpartikeln im Rahmen der Vergabe des Umweltzeichens Blauer Engel vereinbart und Produktprüfungen vorgenommen werden. KW - Blauer Engel KW - Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion KW - Partikelemission KW - RAL-UZ 122 PY - 2011 VL - Förderkennzeichen UFOPLAN 3708 95 301 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-59863 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -