Sick Building Syndrome (eBook)

Introduction to sick building syndrome.- Research based case studies on sick building syndrome.-Indoor air quality.-Perceived IEQ conditions: Why the actual percentage of dissatisfied persons is higher than standards indicate.- Sick building syndrome from a public health perspective.-Dust and microbial contamination in air-conditioning systems and IAQ assessment for public buildings.- Building biology and examination models for buildings.-The influence of school environment on the development of asthma and allergy.- Biological hazards in library buildings: Microbial ecology of the indoor environment.- Mold in library buildings (biological contamination caused by bacteria, viruses, and molds.- Biological hazards in library buildings: Moulds inside compactus shelving.- Is your library building sick? A case study from the main library of Sultan Qaboos University at Oman.- Environmental sensory design.- Sick building syndrome and confounding.- Poor indoor air quality: Investigation of air pollution in large-scale public buildings and of employees personal exposure level.- Assessment of chemical hazards in sick building syndrome situations: Determination of concentrations and origin of VOCs in indoor air environments by dynamic sampling and TD-GC/MS analysis.- Sick building syndrome-environmental and psychosocial hazards: Experience from Croatia.- Building related illnesses.- Environmental health surveys: Occupant satisfaction survey as a tool to improve IEQ.- Sick building syndrome from an architectural perspective.- Sick building syndrome from a psychological perspective: The role of demographic and psychosocial factors in predicting SBS symptoms in workplaces.- Epidemiologic investigation methods for sick building syndrome in public buildings.- Sick building syndrome from a medical perspective: Noninvasive health assessment methods in sick building syndrome.- Solving indoor environmental problems: What can be found out using individual studies.- Building design, maintenance and sick building syndrome risk control measures.