ShareSick buildings: current concepts.
Author(s) : ISAACS N. P.
Type of article: Article
Summary
The paper examines problems associated with inadequacies of design and/or specification and the synergistic effect of these on the occupants of the buildings. It looks at the building from its conception through to realization and the role of the various participants in the trade-offs made during this process. The term "sick building syndrome" is defined, and some examples provided.
Details
- Original title: Sick buildings: current concepts.
- Record ID : 1994-1147
- Languages: English
- Source: H&V Eng. - vol. 64 - n. 710
- Publication date: 1991/12/01
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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- Themes: Comfort air conditioning
- Keywords: Operation; Sick building; Design; Health; Hygiene; Construction; Air conditioning
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- Date : 1993
- Languages : German
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- Author(s) : BURGE P. S.
- Date : 1992/07
- Languages : English
- Source: Indoor Environ. - vol. 1 - n. 4
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Sick building syndrome in office workers and fa...
- Author(s) : SUNDELL J., LINDVALL T., et al.
- Date : 1994/06
- Languages : English
- Source: Indoor Air - vol. 4 - n. 2
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Sick building syndrome: acoustic aspects.
- Author(s) : BURT T.
- Date : 1996/01
- Languages : English
- Source: Indoor built Environ. - vol. 5 - n. 1
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Cluster analysis applied to building-related il...
- Author(s) : LINZ D. H., PINNEY S. M., KELLER J. D., WHITE M., BUNCHER C. R.
- Date : 1998/02
- Languages : English
- Source: J. occup. environ. Med. - vol. 40 - n. 2
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