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Indoor Air Quality Assessment at Selected Primary Schools with Different
Microenvironment at Kuala Nerus, Terengganu
Wan Ahmad Faiz Bin Mat Isa
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marzuki Bin Ismail
Co-supervisor: Dr. Samsuri Bin Abdullah
Bachelor of Technology (Environment)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Studies have discovered that indoor air contamination influences human, in
particularly children and the elderly more compared to ambient air. Children spent
majority of their daily time in an indoor environment such as school and their home.
Failure to determine the indoor air pollution can escalate health problem and degrade
the children learning process. Investigation on indoor air quality status at selected
schools in Kuala Terengganu with different surrounding human activities was
conducted for chemical and physical indoor parameters was conducted during school
hours (7.45am to 12.45pm) for three consecutive school days and no school days.
Results showed that there is a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05) of indoor
air quality status for industrial and residential areas. The overall status parameters
showed indoor air pollution industrial area is higher than residential area. Finally, our
finding reveals that surrounding human activities strongly influence the indoor air
quality status at selected primary schools in Kuala Terengganu.
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