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EBOM-v4.1 EQp4:Indoor Environmental Quality Performance

PPB to UG/M3 in ArcSkoru

Reporting TVOC in ArcSkoru my instrument only measured in ppb but need to report in ug/m3.

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Tue, 01/14/2020 - 22:06

The link below contains a general conversion calculation to conver ppb to ug/m3: https://www2.dmu.dk/AtmosphericEnvironment/Expost/database/docs/PPM_conversion.pdf      

Tue, 01/21/2020 - 15:56

Thank you, I reached out to the technical team that gave me two options of reporting in ARC. 

Thu, 02/18/2021 - 07:57

Hi Angela, Could you please explain what those options are?  Thanks.  

Thu, 02/18/2021 - 08:12

Following - I had the same issue, not realizing that my PID was only recording in PPB. The molecular weight of compounds vary. When measuring TVOC, we dont exactly know the breakdown of constituent components, and these arent limited to only the 6 most likely provided in the example.  Is there perhaps a better general conversion acceptable for LEED?  They ask us to explain the conversion - but ther is no explanation of how to convert leaving to the user to figure out.  We could, for example, take the average of the 6 most likely compounds (2.014) to determine ppb conversion? LEED sometimes accepts the worst case as well, which would assume the molecular weight of Benzene at 3.19, but that could easily tip the scale in the negative.  Atmospheric pressure was recorded, but there is no way to know which compound was being detected during increased readings - this could vary depending on location within the building.

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