Indoor dust is a complex mixture of metals caused by factories pollution, car combustions, soil and sand carried across the country by the force of winds.
It enters houses and buildings through different ways.
• Open Windows
• Constant opening and closing of doors.
• Through poorly sealed houses.
• Through humans
Several researches were done regarding that topic in the National Research Center in Egypt.
They concluded that the metals found in dust samples collected from floors using a vacuum cleaner and sweeping motions are Sulfate, Lead, Nitrate, Ammonium, Chloride, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Cadmium and Nickel with different concentrations.
WHY INDOOR DUST?
• A normal person spends 65-90% of the time inside the home.
Outdoor dust is flowing and renewing itself, while indoor dust gets trapped inside piling over and over.
• Dust is associated with diseases like Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease, Asthma, Extrinsic allergic alveolitis, Pneumoconiosis, Cancers, Heart diseases.
• Cleaning houses of dust consumes a lot of time.
• Settled dust on furniture is also unpleasant to the eye as it’s automatically associated with uncleanliness.
From the inside view of the house.
DESIGN SOLUTION
From the outside view of the house.
Technology: Electrostatic Force
