Sick building syndrome : in public buildings and workplaces

Contents 1 Introduction to Sick Building Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Janis Jansz 2 Theories and Knowledge About Sick Building Syndrome . . . . . . 25 Janis Jansz 3 Indoor Air Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 S. Müjdem Vural 4 Perceived IEQ Conditions: Why the Actual Percentage of Dissatisfied Persons is Higher than Standards Indicate? . . . . . 75 Risto Kosonen, Mervi Ahola, Kirsi Villberg, and Tarja Takki 5 Sick Building Syndrome from the Perspective of Occupational and Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Hülya Gül 6 Psychosocial Factors that Aggravate the Symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome and a Cure for Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Nami Imai and Yoshiharu Imai 7 Building Biology and Examination Models for Buildings . . . . . . 113 Ay¸se Balanlı 8 The Influence of School Environment on the SBS Symptoms and the Development of Asthma and Allergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Motoko Takaoka and Dan Norbäck 9 Microbial Ecology of Indoor Environments: The Ecological and Applied Aspects of Microbial Contamination in Archives, Libraries and Conservation Environments . . . . . . . 153 Flavia Pinzari 10 Indoor Air Quality: Monitoring and Modeling Protocol for Urban School Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Radha Goyal and Mukesh Khare ix x Contents 11 Mould Growth on Library Materials Stored in Compactus-Type Shelving Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Flavia Pinzari and Mariasanta Montanari 12 Is Your Library Building Sick? A Case Study from theMain Library of Sultan Qaboos University at Sultanate of Oman . . . . 207 Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab and Nahed Mohamed Bassiouni Salem 13 The Interaction Between the Physical Environment and People . . 239 Derek J. Clements-Croome 14 Necessity of Counseling Institutions for Sick Building Syndrome Patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Nami Imai and Yoshiharu Imai 15 Investigation of Air Pollution in Large Public Buildings in Japan and of Employees’ Personal Exposure Levels . . . . . . . 269 Naoki Kunugita, Keiichi Arashidani, and Takahiko Katoh 16 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 . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Eva Gallego, Francisco Javier Roca, José Franciso Perales, and Xavier Guardino 17 Is it Safe Enough to Depend on Ventilation? Recommendation of Radical Measures for Addressing Sick Building Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Yoshiharu Imai and Nami Imai 18 Building Related Illnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Gustavo Silveira Graudenz 19 A Continuous and Proactive Process to Enhance Well-being Indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Tarja Takki, Kirsi Villberg, Valtteri Hongisto, Risto Kosonen, and Anne Korpi 20 Sick Building Syndrome from an Architectural Perspective . . . . 371 S. Müjdem Vural and Ay¸se Balanlı 21 The Role of Demographic and Psychosocial Factors in Predicting SBS Symptoms inWorkplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Gail Kinman and Andrew Clements 22 Epidemiologic Investigation Methods for Sick Building Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Omur Cinar Elci, Shelly Rodrigo, and Muge Akpinar-Elci Contents xi 23 Noninvasive Health Assessment Methods in Sick Building Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Muge Akpinar-Elci and Omur Cinar Elci 24 Solving Indoor Environmental Problems: What Can Be Found Out through Individual Measurements? . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Anne Korpi, Tarja Takki, Maija Virta, Risto Kosonen, and Kirsi Villberg 25 Sick Building Syndrome from a Medical Perspective-Symptoms and Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 Berndt Stenberg 26 Improvement of the Illumination Levels Combined with Energy Savings for a Residential Building . . . . . . . . . . . 463 Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab and Syed Uzair Ahmed 27 Passive Methods to Address the Sick Building Syndrome in Public Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 José A. Orosa and Armando C. Oliveira 28 Ventilation and the Air Ion Effect in the Indoor Building Environments: Impact on Human Health and Wellbeing . . . . . . 493 Milos Nedved 29 Sick Building Syndrome and Indoor Environmental Quality in China – A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509 Yufeng Zhang and Xiuling Ji 30 Sick Building Syndrome Identification and Risk Control Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Janis Jansz 31 The Way Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Mahmoud Yousef Abdulraheem