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Assessment of Indoor Air Quality in Two Different Laboratories at
Kompleks Makmal Berpusat, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Nurul Shafiqa Binti Mokhtar Rudin
Supervisor: Dr. Nurul Adyani Binti Ghazali
Bachelor of Technology (Environment)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Indoor air pollution in university laboratories are important to the occupants, especially
for those who work in the laboratories. The aim of this study is to determine the
compliance of air pollutant which is Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) and two meteorological
factors which are temperature and relative humidity in two university laboratories with
the guideline limit recommended by Industry Code of Practice 2010 (ICOP 2010). The
sampling carried out from 0830 to 1630 for 3 days during weekdays and the
measurements are taken by using indoor air quality instruments. Results show the
concentration for PM₁₀ and relative humidity are exceeded the limit from ICOP 2010
with 669µg/m³ and 70.4% respectively while temperature remained in range with
24.9°C. Results from ANOVA show that there are significant differences recorded for
all the parameters. As conclusion, there are two parameters that exceeded the limit
therefore, it is necessary measure needed to improve the thermal comfort.
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