Abstract
In contrast to a majority of reported damage-cost literature being focused on outdoor pollution, this paper describes the development of a protocol that links population exposure data with reported epidemiological concentration-response coefficients. A change in indoor particulate level is expressed as a change in total exposure levels, which is then linked with a corresponding change in ambient particulate concentrations before evaluating the associated health benefits. In this study, the development of protocol is illustrated by using a typical office building environment and daily time activity patterns of office occupants in Hong Kong. Our results indicate that some benefit gains for the owners-employers and the society would be anticipated if certain filter set configurations had been adopted. However, the amount of benefit gains for the owners-employers is shown to be increased with the average salary level of employees and the duration of their stay in offices.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 186-198 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Environment international |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2007 |
Keywords
- Economic valuation
- Exposures
- Indoor air quality
- Offices
- Time activity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)