RADON SAFETY OF MODERN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS WITH DIFFERENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLASSES
https://doi.org/10.21514/1998-426X-2018-11-1-80-84
Abstract
According to results of the survey in Ekaterinburg, Russia, indoor radon concentrations above the city average level have been found in each of the studied buildings with high energy efficiency class. Measures to increase energy efficiency were confirmed to decrease the air exchange rate and accumulation of high radon concentrations indoors. Despite of recommendations to use mechanical ventilation with heat recovery as the main scenario for reducing elevated radon concentrations in energy-efficient buildings, the use of such systems did not show an obvious advantage. In real situation, mechanical ventilation system is not used properly both in the automatic and manual mode, which does not give an obvious advantage over the natural ventilation in the climate of the Middle Urals in Ekaterinburg.
About the Authors
A. V. Vasilyev
Institute of Industrial Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Aleksey V. Vasilyev – Candidate of Technical Science, Researcher.
Sofia Kovalevskaya Str., 20, Ekaterinburg, 620219
I. V. Yarmoshenko
Institute of Industrial Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilya V. Yarmoshenko – Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Deputy Director, Senior Researcher.
Ekaterinburg
M. V. Zhukovsky
Institute of Industrial Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mikhail V. Zhukovsky – Doctor of Technical Science, Professor, Director, Chief Researcher.
EkaterinburgReferences
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Vasilyev A.V., Yarmoshenko I.V., Zhukovsky M.V. RADON SAFETY OF MODERN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS WITH DIFFERENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLASSES. Radiatsionnaya Gygiena = Radiation Hygiene. 2018;11(1):80-84. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21514/1998-426X-2018-11-1-80-84
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