Air Quality Analysis in a Public Building in the Municipality of Olinda/PE

Abstract

The analysis of air quality is directly related to the health preservation of individuals who attend closed environments, climatized or not, and this factor can be linked to the place (un)salubrity. Certain polluting factors are potentiated by the lack of natural ventilation; in other cases, depending on the region, the natural circulation of wind is what brings pollution to the place. Considering that all environments can be affected by a sanitary decrease promoted by low air quality, the present work aims to analyze the air contamination indices of the Forum Lourenço José Ribeiro, located in the municipality of Olinda/PE. The methodology uses exploratory research in a case study to be carried out by obtaining quantitative data on carbon dioxide (CO2) indices, internal temperature and relative air humidity that were measured between february and june/2021, in the morning shift of the aforementioned building. The present work is limited to the breadth of the data to be researched, and it should also be considered that the researched period faced the limitation of face-to-face activities motivated by the Coronavirus pandemic, which substantially reduced the amount of exposed and polluting people in the premises Results obtained indicate a good indoor air quality in the evaluated rooms, both for users, servers and occupants of sealed and artificially air-conditioned spaces, with good air renewal. Future work should be guided by the search for solutions capable of improving the natural ventilation of the researched environments, in addition to research carried out during the face-to-face working hours of the servers of the Forum Lourenço José Ribeiro.