Practical experience with a new scheme for health-related evaluation of volatile organic compounds emissions (VOC and SVOC) from building products

The German "Committee for Health-related Evaluation of Building Products" (AgBB) has developed a scheme that can be used to evaluate building products on the basis of their emission properties (VOC/SVOC) under the aspects of health. This paper presents initial practical experiences with this scheme for a range of different building products and provides some suggestions for future applications.