ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16000-30 First edition 2014-09-01 Indoor air - Part 30: Sensory testing of indoor air Airintérieur- Partie 30: Essai sensoriel de I'air intérieur Reference number IS0 16000-30:2014(E) LSO IS02014 IHS under lic itted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 16000-30:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax +4122 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2014 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 16000-30:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..vi 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normativereferences 3 Terms, definitions, symbols, units, and abbreviations 3.1 Terms and definitions .1 3.2 Symbols, units, and abbreviations. 4 Objectives of odour evaluations and boundary conditions .3 4.1 General .3 4.2 Clarificationofthereasonsforcomplaintsfromroomoccupants ..4 4.3 Determination of odour intensity occurring under special conditions 4 4.4 Identification of sources ..4 4.5 Checking the success of remedial activities. .4 5 Principle .5 6 Basic principle of the evaluation of indoor air .5 6.1 Evaluationmethodselection ..5 6.2 Combination of evaluation methods .5 6.3 Ways of testing ..6 6.4 Selection of the way of testing .6 7 Sensory test methods. ..7 7.1 Determination of acceptability .7 7.2 Determination of intensity .9 7.3 Determination of the hedonic tone .11 7.4 Odourquality .12 8 Measurement planning and requirements .13 8.1 Selection of panel members .13 8.2 Selection of measuring points ..13 8.3 Testing situation .14 8.4 Testingdate 15 8.5 Odour-neutralrecoveryroomforthepanel .15 8.6 Sampling. .15 8.7 Preparation of the testing log. ..16 9 Conducting the experiment ..16 9.1 Preparation .16 9.2 On-site odour testing .16 9.3 Sampling and evaluation in the laboratory ..17 10 Assessment .18 10.1 Accuracy of the sensory assessments .18 10.2 Interpretation of the results .19 11 Documentation .19 Annex A (normative) Training procedure for intensity assessments using a comparative scale....20 Annex B (informative) Training procedure - Verification of olfactory function. .24 Annex C (informative) Description of one possibility of a sampling and presenting device for air samples out of emission chambers. .26 Annex D (informative) Example for the set-up of a comparative scale ..29 Bibliography .30 iii se with ISt Not for Resale