TY - JOUR
T1 - The INGENIOUS project
T2 - towards understanding air pollution in homes
AU - Carslaw, Nicola
AU - Aghaji, Jennifer
AU - Budisulistiorini, Sri Hapsari
AU - Carslaw, David C.
AU - Chatzidiakou, Lia
AU - Cheung, Rachael W.
AU - Dillon, Terry J.
AU - Edwards, Pete
AU - Genes, Denisa
AU - Giorio, Chiara
AU - Hamilton, Jacqueline F.
AU - Ikeda, Erika
AU - Jones, Roderic L.
AU - Lee, James
AU - Lewis, Alastair C.
AU - Kumar, Ashish
AU - Mceachan, Rosemary
AU - Mcfiggans, Gordon
AU - Murrels, Tim
AU - Pleace, Nicholas
AU - Ruangkanit, Athina
AU - Shao, Yunqi
AU - O'Meara, Simon P.
AU - Shaw, David R.
AU - Shaw, Marvin
AU - Waiblinger, Dagmar
AU - Warburton, Tom
AU - West, Sarah
AU - Wood, Chantelle
AU - Yang, Tiffany
PY - 2025/1/14
Y1 - 2025/1/14
N2 - This paper provides an overview of the INGENIOUS (UnderstandING the sourcEs, traNsformations and fates of IndOor air pollUtantS) project, aiming to better understand air pollution in homes. Although our homes are the microenvironment in which we spend most of our time, we know relatively little about the sources, transformation processes and fates of indoor air pollutants, or our exposure to them. INGENIOUS aims to address this knowledge gap by delivering: an indoor emissions inventory for UK homes; comprehensive air pollutant measurements in 310 homes in Bradford using a combination of low cost-sensors and more advanced air quality instrumentation; an analysis of the impact of indoor air pollution on outdoor air quality and vice versa using mobile measurements; insight into future indoor air quality using detailed air pollution models; identification of indoor air pollutants that warrant further toxicological study; and better understanding of the barriers and facilitators for behaviour that drives improved indoor air quality. Median daily PM2.5 and CO2 concentrations varied from 7.8 μg m−3 and 666 ppm in the summer, to 16.4 μg m−3 and 857 ppm in the winter respectively in our sampled homes. Peak daily PM2.5 concentrations above 150 μg m−3 were frequently observed across all seasons, and were driven by cooking. Cooking activities also generated high concentrations of volatile organic compounds during emissions measurements, such as harmful aldehydes (up to ∼50 ppb), and alcohols (up to ∼600 ppb) from a chicken stir-fry. Our sampled homes displayed a wide variation in indoor pollutant concentrations, with a strong link to behaviour, including frequency and type of cooking activities, and use of ventilation.
AB - This paper provides an overview of the INGENIOUS (UnderstandING the sourcEs, traNsformations and fates of IndOor air pollUtantS) project, aiming to better understand air pollution in homes. Although our homes are the microenvironment in which we spend most of our time, we know relatively little about the sources, transformation processes and fates of indoor air pollutants, or our exposure to them. INGENIOUS aims to address this knowledge gap by delivering: an indoor emissions inventory for UK homes; comprehensive air pollutant measurements in 310 homes in Bradford using a combination of low cost-sensors and more advanced air quality instrumentation; an analysis of the impact of indoor air pollution on outdoor air quality and vice versa using mobile measurements; insight into future indoor air quality using detailed air pollution models; identification of indoor air pollutants that warrant further toxicological study; and better understanding of the barriers and facilitators for behaviour that drives improved indoor air quality. Median daily PM2.5 and CO2 concentrations varied from 7.8 μg m−3 and 666 ppm in the summer, to 16.4 μg m−3 and 857 ppm in the winter respectively in our sampled homes. Peak daily PM2.5 concentrations above 150 μg m−3 were frequently observed across all seasons, and were driven by cooking. Cooking activities also generated high concentrations of volatile organic compounds during emissions measurements, such as harmful aldehydes (up to ∼50 ppb), and alcohols (up to ∼600 ppb) from a chicken stir-fry. Our sampled homes displayed a wide variation in indoor pollutant concentrations, with a strong link to behaviour, including frequency and type of cooking activities, and use of ventilation.
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U2 - 10.1039/d4em00634h
DO - 10.1039/d4em00634h
M3 - Article
C2 - 39851239
SN - 2050-7887
VL - 2025
JO - Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts
JF - Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts
IS - 2
ER -