Indoor Air Quality and Sick Building Syndrome: Are Green Buildings Better than Conventional Buildings?
Conventional buildings
green buildings
indoor air quality
sick building syndrome
Journal
Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 0973-2284
Titre abrégé: Indian J Occup Environ Med
Pays: India
ID NLM: 9815775
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
19
06
2019
revised:
01
10
2019
accepted:
12
01
2020
entrez:
22
5
2020
pubmed:
22
5
2020
medline:
22
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Indoor air quality (IAQ) influences human health, productivity and wellness. Green buildings are believed to have better IAQ. The 'sick building syndrome' (SBS) describes a set of nonspecific symptoms experienced by occupants due to time spent in a building with poor IAQ. Thus this study was undertaken to assess the IAQ in green buildings and compare it with that of conventional buildings. The prevalence of SBS in both types of buildings is also studied. In five pairs of green and conventional buildings measurements of comfort parameters (temperature & relative humidity) and indoor air pollutants using monitors was done. 148 employees which included 84 from green buildings and 64 from conventional buildings were surveyed for SBS using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The analysis was done using SPSS16 and included Mann Whitney for IAQ pollutant concentrations and Chi-square for the SBS prevalence. Similar indoor air quality was found in both types of buildings. The mean of temperature, CO2 and formaldehyde was statistically lower in green buildings. The SBS prevalence was found to be 38.1% in green buildings and 53.1% in conventional buildings. Thus to conclude the poorly maintained green building does not have any added advantage for occurrence of SBS.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32435112
doi: 10.4103/ijoem.IJOEM_148_19
pii: IJOEM-24-30
pmc: PMC7227732
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
30-32Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2020 Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
There are no conflicts of interest.
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