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Wildfire Smoke Impacts on Residential Indoor Air Quality

Published

Author(s)

Steven Emmerich, Chrissi Antonopoulos, Patricia Graef, Rick Karg, Brett Singer, Eric Werling

Abstract

Wildland fires are occurring with increased frequency and intensity throughout many areas of the world and wildfire smoke exposure is becoming a seasonal event in many communities. Increases in property loss, Illness, and mortality are well documented (Burke et al. 2021; Fann et al. 2018; Matz et al. 2020). In 2020, over 58,000 wildfires occurred in the U.S. alone, burning more than 10 million acres
Citation
ASHRAE Journal

Keywords

wildfire smoke, indoor air quality

Citation

Emmerich, S. , Antonopoulos, C. , Graef, P. , Karg, R. , Singer, B. and Werling, E. (2022), Wildfire Smoke Impacts on Residential Indoor Air Quality, ASHRAE Journal, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=934224 (Accessed May 1, 2024)
Created March 1, 2022, Updated March 11, 2024