NDLI: Indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture volatile organic compounds emission labeling systems: A review

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Author	Liu, WeiWei Zhang, YinPing Yao, Yuan Li, JingGuang
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	The volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted from indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture is recognized as one of the main causes of bad indoor air quality, which has resulted in serious economic losses. In European countries and the U.S., labeling systems for indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture were established to address this issue with good effect. This paper is a review of these existing labeling systems. The basic principle of the labeling systems is introduced. The technical, policy and operational parts of the labeling systems are then discussed. The research concentrates on target pollutants, their threshold values and the testing methods employed. Some problems were uncovered in these labeling systems: too many VOCs were targeted; the method to determine the threshold values was not very rigorous; the testing time was too long (7–28 d). Some China’s special features in developing such system are stated. Therefore, as the world’s largest national producer and consumer of wood based panels and furniture, China should learn from foreign experience of establishing labeling systems as much as it can. However China should not simply copy the foreign approaches but develop its own scientific labeling system for indoor decorating and refurbishing materials and furniture.
Starting Page	2533
Ending Page	2543
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10016538
Journal	Chinese Science Bulletin
Volume Number	57
Issue Number	20
e-ISSN	18619541
Language	English
Publisher	SP Science China Press
Publisher Date	2012-07-01
Publisher Place	Heidelberg
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	indoor air quality (IAQ) volatile organic compounds (VOCs) formaldehyde emission labeling decorating and refurbishing materials furniture Engineering Physics Science Life Sciences Earth Sciences Chemistry/Food Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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