Introduction
Many building materials emit VOCs with the potential to affect
health and comfort [1]. Over the past decade, researchers have
developed a range of techniques to measure the emission of VOCs
from building materials. The ASTM standard guide, which is a
guideline from the Commission of the European Communities (CEC,
1992) and a European preliminary standard (ENV 13419 part 13
(CEN, 1998)), have been published. The emission test techniques
for building materials are important to manufacturers, indoor air
quality investigators and researchers. Such validation is important
for quantifying the impact of the construction products on the
indoor air quality [2]. The perforator method is one of the methods
applied in the past, even though it requires a special apparatus [3].
The European particleboard association originally developed this
test procedure in the late 1970s, and it was established in 1984 as
the European standard EN 120. On the other hand, the desiccator
method has been adopted in North America, Australia and Asia. The
desiccator test was developed in the mid-1970s in Japan and