Introduction of a method for presenting health-based impacts of the emission from products,based on emission measurements of materials used in manufacturing of the products |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan;2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8471, Japan;3. Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan;1. Department of Health Protection, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Kuopio 70701, Finland;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere 33101, Finland;3. Department of Environmental Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas 50254, Lithuania;1. Department of Mining Engineering and Natural Resources, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Bases de Manresa, 61-73, 08240 Manresa, Spain;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici Q, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain;1. China Waterborne Transport Research Institute, Beijing, 100088, China;2. China Waterborne Transport Research Institute, Beijing, 100088, China |
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| Abstract: | A method for presenting the health impact of emissions from furniture is introduced, which could be used in the context of environmental product declarations. The health impact is described by the negative indoor air quality potential, the carcinogenic potential, the mutagenic and reprotoxic potential, the allergenic potential, and the toxicological potential.An experimental study of emissions from four pieces of furniture is performed by testing both the materials used for production of the furniture and the complete piece of furniture, in order to compare the results gained by adding emissions of material with results gained from testing the finished piece of furniture.Calculating the emission from a product based on the emission from materials used in the manufacture of the product is a new idea. The relation between calculated results and measured results from the same products differ between the four pieces of furniture tested. Large differences between measured and calculated values are seen for leather products. More knowledge is needed to understand why these differences arise.Testing materials allows us to compare different suppliers of the same material. Four different foams and three different timber materials are tested, and the results vary between materials of the same type. If the manufacturer possesses this type of knowledge of the materials from the subcontractors it could be used as a selection criterion according to production of low emission products. |
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