Indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture volatile organic compounds emission labeling systems:A review  

作　　者：LIU WeiWei ZHANG YinPing YAO Yuan LI JingGuang 

机构地区：[1]Department of Building Science,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China [2]Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences(Group)Co.,Ltd.,Shanghai 201108,China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2012年第20期2533-2543,共11页

基　　金：supported by Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission Projects(D09050603750802);the Chinese National12th Five-year Science and Technology Support Plan Project(2012BAJ02B01)

摘　　要：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.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.

关 键 词：室内装饰装修材料 挥发性有机化合物 标签制度 家具生产 排放 室内空气质量 标签系统 经济损失 

分 类 号：TU564[建筑科学—建筑技术科学] X50[环境科学与工程—环境工程]