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DESIGN OF NEW SCHOOLS AND OTHER LARGE BUILDINGS WHICH ARE RADON RESISTANT AND EASY TO MITIGATE
Citation:
Craig, A., K. Leovic, AND D. Harris. DESIGN OF NEW SCHOOLS AND OTHER LARGE BUILDINGS WHICH ARE RADON RESISTANT AND EASY TO MITIGATE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-92/272 (NTIS PB93131662).
Description:
The paper discusses the recent incorporation of radon mitigation design recommendations in the construction of a hospital in Johnson City, TN. he recommendations resulted in the mitigation of a 5,500 square meter building with only one suction point at an incremental cost of $1.03 per square meter. xtrapolation of the pressure field extension (PFE) measurements indicates that a much larger building could have been mitigated with the system used. A search is underway for larger buildings to be built in radon prone areas of the U. 5. in order to determine the effectiveness of this mitigation system in reducing radon in even larger buildings. s a prelude to the preparation of a new construction technical guidance document for schools, architectural drawings of all schools research by EPA, to date, were carefully studied to determine which building characteristics affect radon entry and ease of mitigation. esults of the study were presented at an international symposium on radon in Philadelphia, PA, in April 1991. EPA's radon mitigation re- search, development, and demonstration program started in 1985 with existing and new houses. In 1988, the program was expanded to include mitigation programs in existing schools.