People who live in northern part of the world spend much more time indoors than those who live in warmer countries. In addition that home should be safe, it should also protect one against heat, cold, sunlight and pollution. The indoor environment is affected by installations, material and how the building is formed. Those anomalies that are visible, felt or smelled can be noticed and be rectified. But it’s much more difficult if these abilities are missing. Building houses in Sweden means that you have restrictions to follow. One has to adapt its house so that Swedish standards are maintained. Planning’s Building Regulation must be followed. Planning and Building Act and regulations must be met. Account has been takes for these provisions during the planning and design stage of the house. The following thesis will describe how various parameters have interacted for the design of the house. In depth the essay will illustrate how to build a radon resistant house and address how the air we inhale in our homes may eventually be harmful and finally how this problem is seen globally. International studies show that radon gas in indoor air increases the risk of getting lung cancer. By 2020, all single-family homes and public facilities must be remediated to a statutory value annual average level. It is one of sixteen environmental requirements that the parliament has set as a target for indoor environment. The National Board of health and Welfare has a guideline as a recommendation for indoor radon for existing homes while Planning´s Building Regulation has a limit for new constructions, which is binding. The quality of accommodation differs worldly. According to the Radiation Authority radon gas is attributed to 15 % of all peace lung cancer cases per year in Sweden. The percentage increases with population. Radon gas enters through foundation, through well water used in household and through building materials. Planning and Building Regulations survey 2010 showed that people are exposed to the highest radon levels at home. Consumers are becoming more aware of the risk of exposure to high radon levels over long period. New dwellings of radon resistant homes would benefit both producers and consumers. Before this goal will be achieved one has to know the significance choice of foundation. Result show that crawlspace is the most effective foundation method to radon build radon resistant homes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-102410 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Ahmed, Fuad, Tabatabaei Araghi, Pedram |
| Publisher | KTH, Byggvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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