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Indoor air quality: minimization of pollutants with particular attention to radon gas

The booklet defines technical and behavioral indications for the management of indoor air quality pollutants. in residential environments and in particular for the reduction of radon levels, in accordance with the National Radon Action Plan (PNAR)

These environments include homes, offices, community, recreational and social facilities in which the population spends much of its time and which can therefore be more exposed to pollutants which, remaining within closed spaces, are able to reach high concentrations.

The booklet reports the methods currently considered most suitable for measuring radon concentration and the main technical and organizational interventions that are advisable to implement both within existing buildings and in newly built ones, trying to find the right compromise between the need to ventilate the rooms in order to dilute the indoor radon and to insulate them to reduce the energy used.

All the interventions described, in fact, must take into account and be compatible with the technical and regulatory objectives regarding the issue of energy efficiency of buildings

Booklet (pdf 5 mb)