http://wordie.org/words/olf Comments for the word 'Olf' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/olf#comments A smoker has been reported as being about six olf even when not actually smoking.<br /><br />(Jeremy Colls, "Air Pollution", Oct 1, 2002, page 341) Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:48:09 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/olf#comments http://wordie.org/words/olf#comments An <a href="/words/empirical">empirical</a> unit of indoor odor intensity (from the Latin <em>olfacere</em>, to smell) introduced by Danish scientist P.O. Fanger in 1988. One olf is the odor intensity produced by one "standard" person (a "standard person" is also defined). The pollution in ventilated, enclosed spaces is measured in <a href="/words/decipol">decipol</a>s--the perceived odor intensity level in a space having an odor source of strength one olf and ventilation at the rate of 10 liters/second with unpolluted air. Measurements were recorded by human observers using <a href="/words/protocol">protocol</a>s laid out by Fanger and colleagues. <br /> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:42:27 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/olf#comments