EN ISO 16000-1:2006

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2006
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Indoor air - Part 1: General aspects of sampling strategy (ISO 16000-1:2004)
Innenraumluftverunreinigungen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Aspekte der Probenahmestrategie
(ISO 16000-1:2004)
Air intérieur - Partie 1: Aspects généraux de la stratégie d'échantillonnage (ISO 16000-
1:2004)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 16000-1:2006
ICS:
13.040.20
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 16000-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2006
ICS 13.040.20
English Version
Indoor air - Part 1: General aspects of sampling strategy (ISO
16000-1:2004)
Air intérieur - Partie 1: Aspects généraux de la stratégie Innenraumluftverunreinigungen - Teil 1: Allgemeine
d'échantillonnage (ISO 16000-1:2004) Aspekte der Probenahmestrategie (ISO 16000-1:2004)
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Foreword
The text of ISO 16000-1:2004 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 146 "Air quality" of the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO 16000-1:2006 by
Technical Committee CEN/TC 264 “Air quality” the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2006, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by October 2006.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 16000-1:2004 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 16000-1:2006 without any
modification.
ISO 16000 consists of the following parts, under the general title Indoor air:
 Part 1: General aspects of sampling strategy
 Part 2: Measurement strategy for formaldehyde
 Part 3: Determination of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds – Active sampling method
 Part 4: Determination of formaldehyde – Diffusive sampling method
 Part 6: Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on
Tenax TA sorbent, thermal desorption and gas-chromatography using MS/FID
 Part 9: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds from building products and furnishing
– Emission test chamber method
 Part 10: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds from building products and
furnishing – Emission test cell method
 Part 11: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds from building products and
furnishing – Sampling, storage of samples and preparation of test specimens
The following parts are under preparation:
 Part 5: Sampling strategy for volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
 Part 7: Sampling strategy for determination of airborne asbestos fibre concentrations
 Part 8: Ventilation rate measurement

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 16000-1
First edition
2004-07-01
Indoor air —
Part 1:
General aspects of sampling strategy
Air intérieur —
Partie 1: Aspects généraux de la stratégie d'échantillonnage

Reference number
ISO 16000-1:2004(E)
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ISO 16000-1:2004(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope. 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Special characteristics of the indoor environment . 1
4 Measurement objective . 3
5 Sampling procedure . 3
6 Time of sampling. 4
7 Sampling duration and sampling frequency. 4
8 Sampling location . 6
9 Parallel outdoor air measurements. 6
Annex A (informative) Important types of indoor environment and sources of air pollutants . 7
Annex B (informative) Sources of indoor air pollutants. 8
Annex C (informative) Examples of substances and their sources . 10
Annex D (informative) Guidelines for information to be recorded during indoor air measurement. 13
Bibliography . 21

ISO 16000-1:2004(E)
Foreword
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ISO 16000-1 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 146, Air quality, Subcommittee SC 6, Indoor air.
ISO 16000 consists of the following parts, under the general title Indoor air:
 Part 1: General aspects of sampling strategy
 Part 2: Sampling strategy for formaldehyde
 Part 3: Determination of formaldehyde and other carbonyl compounds — Active sampling method
 Part 4: Determination of formaldehyde — Diffusive sampling method
 Part 6: Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor and test chamber air by active sampling on
Tenax TA sorbent, thermal desorption and gas chromatography using MS/FID
 Part 9: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds — Emission test chamber method
 Part 10: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds — Emission test cell method
 Part 11: Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds — Sampling, storage of samples
and preparation of test specimens
The following parts are under preparation:
 Part 5: Sampling strategy for volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
 Part 7: Sampling strategy for determination of airborne asbestos fibre concentrations
 Part 8: Ventilation rate measurement
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ISO 16000-1:2004(E)
Introduction
The ISO 16000 series deals with indoor air measurements. This part of ISO 16000 is intended as an aid to
planning indoor air pollution measurements. Additional parts of ISO 16000 describe the sampling strategy,
including the conditions to be observed for the particular substances or groups of substances, such as the
dependence of indoor air pollution concentrations on atmospheric humidity or temperature or other effects.
The actual procedures dealing with indoor air measurements for the individual substances are also presented
in other parts of ISO 16000.
An inappropriate monitoring strategy can contribute to the overall uncertainty of the measurement result to a
greater extend than the monitoring procedure itself.
Attention should be given to the special role of the human sense of smell in identifying substances or classes
of substances in indoor air. Here it is not so much the sensitivity of the sense of smell, but the memory of
smell and the experience of the specialist (chemist, perfume specialist) that is important. Sensory information
can greatly simplify the identification of air pollutants and consequently influence the sampling strategy.
However, sensoric adaptation affects the sensory information, particularly in the case of persistent indoor
pollutants.
The interpretation of indoor air measurements is assisted by the use of guideline values for acceptable indoor
air quality. To draw a conclusion about whether and to what extent the concentrations of a pollutant measured
in a room exceed the normal level or the level acceptable from the standpoint of health, it is useful to rely on
guideline values or published literature. The column “Remarks” of Table C.1 (see Annex C) gives available
[1]
World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines for indoor air . It is emphasized, however, that these
values are not legally binding. In the absence of published guideline values, the investigator may consult peer
reviewed journal articles or other literature for guidance on typical values observed in buildings without
reported complaints.
Representatives of various technical fields should be involved in the planning of indoor air quality
measurements.
Table A.1 of this part of ISO 16000 summarizes the most important types of indoor environment, and
examples of the sources that may be encountered in them. The list is not, of course, fully comprehensive
because of the large number of possibilities.
Table B.1 shows the sources of indoor air pollutants and the most important substances emitted. Table C.1
lists substances frequently detected and their possible sources. In some cases, the sources of indoor pollution
arise outside the building; for example, benzene from vehicle traffic and petrol stations, and chlorinated
hydrocarbons from nearby dry-cleaning establishments. Soil emissions may also be important if, for example,
buildings have been erected on old landfills, industrial sites, or uranium-containing soils which emit radon.
Annex D contains a checklist relating to information to be recorded when indoor air measurements are carried
out. This list is al
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