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Appraisal and identification of different sources of smell by primary school children in the air quality test chamber of the SenseLab

Tatiana Armijos MoyaChair Indoor Environment, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Philomena M. BluyssenChair Indoor Environment, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-5362
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Pages 142-155 | Received 19 Jul 2019, Accepted 16 Oct 2019, Published online: 03 Nov 2019

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Figure 1. Air Quality Chamber: CLIMPAQ 50L and sniffing table.

Figure 1. Air Quality Chamber: CLIMPAQ 50L and sniffing table.

Figure 2. Diagram of the Experimental setup in the Air Quality Chamber. 1. Perfume; 2. Mint leaves; 3. Carpet, MDF (medium density fibreboard), or Vinyl (according to the schedule in ); 4. Crayons; 5. Carpet, MDF, or Vinyl (+plant, according to the schedule in ).

Figure 2. Diagram of the Experimental setup in the Air Quality Chamber. 1. Perfume; 2. Mint leaves; 3. Carpet, MDF (medium density fibreboard), or Vinyl (according to the schedule in Table 1); 4. Crayons; 5. Carpet, MDF, or Vinyl (+plant, according to the schedule in Table 1).

Figure 3. Selected materials + Spider plant inside of the CLIMPAQ 50L.

Figure 3. Selected materials + Spider plant inside of the CLIMPAQ 50L.

Table 1. Time schedule and selected sources of smell.

Figure 4. Part of the questionnaire for sniffing test.

Figure 4. Part of the questionnaire for sniffing test.

Figure 5. VOCs emitted by the selected materials: (a) perfume; (b) mint leaves; (c) carpet; (d) MDF; (e) vinyl; and (f) crayons.

Figure 5. VOCs emitted by the selected materials: (a) perfume; (b) mint leaves; (c) carpet; (d) MDF; (e) vinyl; and (f) crayons.

Table 2. Identification of the smells in containers 1, 2 and 4 by the children.

Table 3. Identification of smell in container 3 by the children.

Table 4. Which other funnel has the same smell as this one?

Table 5. Mean evaluations of children when asked ‘How do you like the smell?’ All the children.

Table 6. Mean evaluations of children when asked ‘How do you like the smell?’: Without children who had a cold.

Table 7. ‘How do you like the smell?’: Is there any plant in the chamber = NO.

Table 8. ‘How do you like the smell?’: Is there any plant in the chamber = SI.

Table 9. Type of smells in classrooms pointed out by children ((Bluyssen et al. Citation2018a).

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