Data on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in kindergartens with different surrounding activities
Samsuri Abdullah,
Farah Fasihah Abd Hamid,
Marzuki Ismail,
Ali Najah Ahmed,
Wan Nurdiyana Wan Mansor
Affiliations
Samsuri Abdullah
School of Ocean Engineering, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Air Quality and Environment Research Group, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Corresponding author. School of Ocean Engineering, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Farah Fasihah Abd Hamid
School of Ocean Engineering, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
Marzuki Ismail
Air Quality and Environment Research Group, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
Ali Najah Ahmed
Faculty of Engineering, University Tenaga Nasional, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; Institute of Engineering Infrastructures, University Tenaga Nasional, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Wan Nurdiyana Wan Mansor
School of Ocean Engineering, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia; Air Quality and Environment Research Group, University Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
The aim of the measurement of this data is to evaluate the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in terms of chemical and physical parameters. Data were collected at three different kindergartens having different surrounding activities (industrial, institutional, residential area). The chemical parameters measured were respirable suspended particulates of PM10, PM2.5, PM1, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and the concentrations are within the acceptable limit. Physical parameters of wind speed are within the standard, while temperature and relative humidity exceeded the acceptable limit. A strong correlation was found between the chemical IAQ parameters with thermal comfort parameters (temperature and relative humidity). The concentration of IAQ pollutants is higher in order of residential > institutional > industrial. Keywords: Indoor air quality, Kindergarten, Temperature, Residential, Thermal comfort
