Sick Building Syndrome
Mostrando 1-12 de 13 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Indoor Air Quality in the Hospital: The Influence of Heating, Ventilating and Conditioning Systems
Abstract Clean, fresh air is the most important requirement for good indoor air quality (IAQ) in all buildings, but it is especially important with regard to the environments within hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The literature indicates that buildings with heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems may have an increased risk of sic
Braz. arch. biol. technol.. Publicado em: 05/09/2019
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2. Avaliação da qualidade ambiental interior de um edifício climatizado artificialmente com ênfase na análise do conforto térmico / Evaluation of indoor environmental quality of an artificially conditioned building, focusing on thermal comfort analysis
Ocupantes de ambientes internos climatizados artificialmente estão expostos contínua e prolongadamente a condições ambientais muitas vezes desfavoráveis à execução de suas atividades e à manutenção da saúde. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar alguns parâmetros de qualidade do ar interior e de conforto térmico de um edifício climatizado arti
Publicado em: 2010
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3. A study on computer simulation of cross ventilation in dwellings and its application in architectural design. / Um estudo sobre a simulação computacional da ventilação cruzada em habitações e sua aplicação no projeto arquitetônico.
Nos últimos anos, devido à crescente preocupação com a sustentabilidade, foram despendidos mundialmente grandes esforços para a redução do consumo de energia pelos sistemas prediais. Em países tropicais como o Brasil, a ventilação natural é uma maneira efetiva e econômica para melhorar o conforto térmico dentro de habitações. Ela contribui par
Publicado em: 2009
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4. Poluição química relacionada ao ar de interiores no Brasil
During the last two decades there has been increasing concern within the scientific community related to the effects of indoor air quality on health. Changes in building design devised to improve energy efficiency and new synthetic building materials have contributed to increase pollutant concentrations. These factors have generated poor air quality and caus
Química Nova. Publicado em: 2003-05
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5. Prevalence of the sick building syndrome symptoms in office workers before and after being exposed to a building with an improved ventilation system.
OBJECTIVE: To find if the prevalence of symptoms associated with sick building syndrome decreased among office workers after moving to a building with improved ventilation (after controlling for potential confounders). METHODS: Workers in five buildings in 1991 all moved in 1992 into a single building with improved design, operation, and maintenance of the v
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6. Ventilation rate in office buildings and sick building syndrome.
OBJECTIVE--To examine the relation between ventilation rate and occurrence of symptoms of the eyes, nose, throat, and skin as well as general symptoms such as lethargy and headache, often termed the sick building syndrome. METHODS--A cross sectional population based study was carried out in 399 workers from 14 mechanically ventilated office buildings without
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7. Prevalence of the sick building syndrome symptoms in office workers before and six months and three years after being exposed to a building with an improved ventilation system.
OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of symptoms associated with the sick building syndrome (SBS) has recently been shown to decrease by 40% to 50% among office workers six months after they were exposed to a building with an improved ventilation system. The objective of the present study was to find whether the decrease in the prevalence of symptoms was maintained thr
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8. Volatile organic compounds, respirable dust, and personal factors related to prevalence and incidence of sick building syndrome in primary schools.
Possible relations between incidence and prevalence of sick building syndrome (SBS), indoor exposures, and personal factors were studied in a four year longitudinal study among personnel (n = 129) in six primary schools. The mean concentration of carbon dioxide was above the recommended value of 0.08 microliter/l (800 ppm) in all schools, indicating a poor o
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9. Fungal production of volatiles during growth on fiberglass.
Acoustic and thermal fiberglass insulation materials used in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems were colonized with fungi in laboratory chambers. The mixed fungal population, principally Aspergillus versicolor, Acremonium obclavatum, and Cladosporium herbarum, produced odoriferous volatiles, including 2-ethyl hexanol, cyclohexane, and benzene
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10. Environmental, occupational, and personal factors related to the prevalence of sick building syndrome in the general population.
Possible relations between prevalence of sick building syndrome (SBS) and environmental, occupational, and personal factors were studied in a random sample (0.1%) of the general population aged 20-65 in a three county region in middle Sweden. Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke from smoking mothers and a childhood in urban areas was related to
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11. Influence of indoor air quality and personal factors on the sick building syndrome (SBS) in Swedish geriatric hospitals.
OBJECTIVES--Sick building syndrome (SBS) involves symptoms such as irritation to the eyes, skin, and upper airways, headache, and fatigue. The relations between such symptoms and both personal and environmental factors were studied in 225 female hospital workers, working in eight hospital units in the south of Sweden. METHODS--Symptoms of SBS and personal fa
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12. Effect of air humidification on the sick building syndrome and perceived indoor air quality in hospitals: a four month longitudinal study.
The sensation of dryness and irritation is essential in the sick building syndrome (SBS), and such symptoms are common in both office and hospital employees. In Scandinavia, the indoor relative humidity in well ventilated buildings is usually in the range 10-35% in winter. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of steam air humidification on SBS an