Sick Building Syndrome: Cleanliness is Next to Healthiness.
Linda has sick building syndrome, or SBS, a controversial condition with many definitions and symptoms and even more proposed explanations. A basic definition is that it’s an illness a person gets from a building they live or work in. Speculated causes have included dust, microbes, carpets, ventilation and, like in Linda’s story, mould.
A case of sick building syndrome caused by incorrect ventilation design of the tight building (2002) Presents the results of a survey that was conducted into sick building syndrome symptoms in a new high-rise office in downtown Beijing.
A range of issues such as sick building syndrome, indoor air quality thermal comfort, visual comfort and acoustic comfort are considered in this paper. The complexity of the relationship between occupant comfort and well-being parameters with IEQ are further exacerbated due to relationships that these parameters have with each other as well.
Redlich and colleagues' review1 of sick-building syndrome is both timely and relevant. It is at times difficult to isolate causal determinants for sick-building syndrome, because various environmental factors may be involved, as well as conditions related to ventilation and construction.2 Although the reviewers refer to fungi as common indoor air contaminants, they do not specifically mention.
What is Sick Building Syndrome? Click here for a summary The Causes of sick building syndrome Click here for details How Plants Can Help Cure Sick Building Syndrome Air Quality. Research has shown that the air in plant-filled rooms contains 50-60 percent fewer airborne molds and bacteria compared with the equivalent rooms without plants.
This paper aims to discuss the causes, consequences and means of ameliorating sick building syndrome (SBS). The approach adopted is to review and analyse the potential causes of SBS in terms of heating and ventilation systems, temperature, indoor air pollutants, noise, lighting, hygrothermal factors and psychological factors. The results of the review show the consequences of SBS in terms of.
Sick Building Syndrome is a broad definition that includes a variety of symptoms considered to be experienced when the occupants spent time in a particular building. A building can be categorized as a sick building when more than 30 % occupants have complained of related symptoms (9). In this particular.