Tight or sick building syndrome

Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah; Shanmuganandan, S.; Uma, A.

doi:10.1016/0378-7788(91)90052-5

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“…For example, the ASHRAE standard only required 14.3% and 6% of outside air in air supplies for small and large offices, respectively, corresponding to approximately 2 cfm/person [98]. Indoor polluted air is therefore continuously recycled, causing occupants to suffer from illnesses or sick building syndrome [99]. Subsequent research showed that inducing more fresh air is an efficient way to improve IAQ [100,101].…”

Section: Influence Of Building Envelope and Iaq On Space Heating/coolingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building energy-consumption status worldwide and the state-of-the-art technologies for zero-energy buildings during the past decade

Cao

Dai

Liu

2016

Energy and Buildings

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Section: Influence Of Building Envelope and Iaq On Space Heating/coolingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building energy-consumption status worldwide and the state-of-the-art technologies for zero-energy buildings during the past decade

Cao

Dai

Liu

2016

Energy and Buildings

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“…Poor indoor air quality due to the air conditioning and ventilation problems and airtight building can lead to sick building syndrome (SBS), [1][2][3] which could affect occupants' productivity and well being. Several studies [4][5][6][7] show that common work-related signs of the SBS are lethargy, blocked nose, fatigue, dry throat and headache.…”

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Field analysis of indoor air quality in high rise and low rise green offices with radiant slab cooling systems in Malaysia

Yau

Hasbi

2013

Indoor and Built Environment

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Even though the green building concept is fairly new in Malaysia, the development of this industry has been growing in recent years prior to the launch of Malaysia’s own standard, namely the Green Building Index (GBI). One of the criteria assessed in the GBI is the energy efficiency, which takes about 21% of the overall assessment. Considering this, the passive design has been included in the green building concept to reduce the energy usage without compromising occupant thermal comfort. This study attempts to assess the passive design effectiveness in terms of indoor air quality in green office buildings in the tropics. Two green office buildings that incorporated the radiant slab cooling and conventional cooling system have been selected as case studies. A detailed assessment in terms of thermal comfort parameters (temperature and relative humidity), indoor pollutants’ concentration (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and formaldehyde) and air movement was carried out. The results showed that the thermal comfort parameters fall within the Malaysian Standard (MS1525:2007) and ASHRAE Standard-55 2010 except for the air movement in both buildings. Based on the results obtained, future buildings using the radiant slab cooling can have a better comfort level from the lesson learned from both buildings.

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Assessment on the impact of indoor air quality on human health-a study on selected tier 1 cities of India

Sudarsan,

Sinha,

Gedam

et al. 2024

Discov Environ

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Tight or sick building syndrome

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Building energy-consumption status worldwide and the state-of-the-art technologies for zero-energy buildings during the past decade

Building energy-consumption status worldwide and the state-of-the-art technologies for zero-energy buildings during the past decade

Field analysis of indoor air quality in high rise and low rise green offices with radiant slab cooling systems in Malaysia

Assessment on the impact of indoor air quality on human health-a study on selected tier 1 cities of India

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