ISO
16000-1:2004 is intended to aid the planning of indoor pollution monitoring.
Before a sampling strategy is devised for indoor air monitoring, it is
necessary to clarify for what purposes, when, where, how often and over what
periods of time monitoring is to be performed. The answers to these questions
depend, in particular, on a number of special characteristics of the indoor
environments, on the objective of the measurement and, finally, on the
environment to be measured. ISO 16000-1:2004 deals with the significance of
these factors and offers suggestions on how to develop a suitable sampling
strategy.ISO 16000-1:2004 is applicable to indoor environments such as
dwellings having living rooms, bedrooms, do-it-yourself rooms, recreation rooms
and cellars, kitchens and bathrooms; workrooms or work places in buildings
which are not subject to health and safety inspections in regard to air
pollutants (for example, offices, sales premises); public buildings (for
example hospitals, schools, kindergartens, sports halls, libraries, restaurants
and bars, theatres, cinemas and other function rooms), and also cabins of
vehicles.ISO 16000-1:2004 is a standard that describes procedural frame work
for performing indoor pollution monitoring, which is applicable to indoor
environments like buildings having living rooms, bed rooms, recreation rooms,
kitchens, bathrooms, work rooms, cellars, public buildings and vehicle cabins.
It also extends to workplaces in buildings which are not subject to health and
safety inspections with regards to air pollutants.
Pre
requisites for performing Indoor Air Monitoring
Clarify the
purpose for performing monitoring
Define area
to be covered under monitoring
Define
timeframe to commence and complete monitoring
Define
frequency of monitoring with an accurate intervals of time
Definition of these parameters depend upon the environment to be monitored, objectives of monitoring and specific characteristics of the indoor environments.An important aspect of standard preparation is to seek to prescribe procedures in sufficient detail to ensure the user can carry out the test effectively but not so precisely as to deter innovation whereby improved methods can be applied. Often this is achieved by providing informative notes and annexes giving details of how a certain requirement may be achieved and the mandatory (normative) requirement is expressed in performance (outcome) terms. A second element of adopting innovation is the regular review of standards to enable updating to include new improved methods. This part of the series is intended to aid the planning of indoor pollution monitoring. It is the generic consideration that under link all types of air sampling initiatives. As noted in the standard before a sampling strategy is devised for indoor air monitoring, it is necessary to clarify for what purpose, when ,where how and over what period of time monitoring to be performed.
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