The volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted from indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture is recognized as one of the main causes of bad indoor air quality,which has resulted in serious economic los...The volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted from indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture is recognized as one of the main causes of bad indoor air quality,which has resulted in serious economic losses.In European countries and the U.S.,labeling systems for indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture were established to address this issue with good effect.This paper is a review of these existing labeling systems.The basic principle of the labeling systems is introduced.The technical,policy and operational parts of the labeling systems are then discussed.The research concentrates on target pollutants,their threshold values and the testing methods employed.Some problems were uncovered in these labeling systems:too many VOCs were targeted;the method to determine the threshold values was not very rigorous;the testing time was too long (7-28 d).Some China's special features in developing such system are stated.Therefore,as the world's largest national producer and consumer of wood based panels and furniture,China should learn from foreign experience of establishing labeling systems as much as it can.However China should not simply copy the foreign approaches but develop its own scientific labeling system for indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture.展开更多
Volatile organic compounds(VOCs)emitted from furniture are recognized as a main cause of bad indoor air quality.In European countries and the U.S.,labeling systems for furniture have been established with good effect ...Volatile organic compounds(VOCs)emitted from furniture are recognized as a main cause of bad indoor air quality.In European countries and the U.S.,labeling systems for furniture have been established with good effect to address this issue.However,there are problems with these labeling systems.For example,too many VOCs were targeted,and the testing time was too long(7–28 d).Aiming at solving these problems,solutions are put forward to establish furniture VOCs emissions labeling system in China and some practices are introduced in this paper.They are:some furniture popular in the market were tested and main VOCs emitted from these furniture were identified;furniture loading factors in residential homes were surveyed,and reference bedroom and reference living room were established according to the survey results to make emission rate thresholds of furniture;C-history method was developed and applied to testing furniture which could shorten the testing time to 3 d;a reference toluene sample for assessing the precision of the test results of chamber system was prepared.These works are technically helpful for establishing furniture VOCs labeling system in China.展开更多
基金supported by Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission Projects(D09050603750802)the Chinese National12th Five-year Science and Technology Support Plan Project(2012BAJ02B01)
文摘The volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted from indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture is recognized as one of the main causes of bad indoor air quality,which has resulted in serious economic losses.In European countries and the U.S.,labeling systems for indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture were established to address this issue with good effect.This paper is a review of these existing labeling systems.The basic principle of the labeling systems is introduced.The technical,policy and operational parts of the labeling systems are then discussed.The research concentrates on target pollutants,their threshold values and the testing methods employed.Some problems were uncovered in these labeling systems:too many VOCs were targeted;the method to determine the threshold values was not very rigorous;the testing time was too long (7-28 d).Some China's special features in developing such system are stated.Therefore,as the world's largest national producer and consumer of wood based panels and furniture,China should learn from foreign experience of establishing labeling systems as much as it can.However China should not simply copy the foreign approaches but develop its own scientific labeling system for indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture.
基金supported by Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission Projects(D09050603750802)the Chinese National 12th Five-year Science and Technology Support Plan Project(2012BAJ02B01)
文摘Volatile organic compounds(VOCs)emitted from furniture are recognized as a main cause of bad indoor air quality.In European countries and the U.S.,labeling systems for furniture have been established with good effect to address this issue.However,there are problems with these labeling systems.For example,too many VOCs were targeted,and the testing time was too long(7–28 d).Aiming at solving these problems,solutions are put forward to establish furniture VOCs emissions labeling system in China and some practices are introduced in this paper.They are:some furniture popular in the market were tested and main VOCs emitted from these furniture were identified;furniture loading factors in residential homes were surveyed,and reference bedroom and reference living room were established according to the survey results to make emission rate thresholds of furniture;C-history method was developed and applied to testing furniture which could shorten the testing time to 3 d;a reference toluene sample for assessing the precision of the test results of chamber system was prepared.These works are technically helpful for establishing furniture VOCs labeling system in China.
