Problem buildings - Indoor Environmental Quality - page 221

Readings
ACGIH, 1984. Evaluating Office Environmental Problems, American Conference of Gov-
ernmental Industrial Hygienists, Cincinnati, 1984.
Cone, Z.E. and Hodgson, M.J., Eds., Problem buildings: Building associated illness
and the sick building syndrome , Occupational Medicine. State of the Art Reviews ,
Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia, 1989, pp. 575-592, 593-606.
Godish, T., Sick Buildings. Definition, Diagnosis and Mitigation, Lewis Publishers, Boca
Raton, 1995.
Maroni, M., Siefert, B., and Lindvall, T., Epidemiology of principal building-related
illnesses and complaints, in Indoor Air Quality. A Comprehensive Reference Book,
Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1995, chap. 19.
O'Reilly, J.T. et al., A Review of Keeping Buildings Healthy: How to Monitor and Prevent
Indoor Environmental Problems , John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998.
Spengler, J.D., Samet, J.M., and McCarthy, J.F., Eds., Indoor Air Quality Handbook ,
McGraw-Hill Publishers, New York, 2000, chaps. 3, 4, 28, 53, 54, 64-68.
Wallace, L., Indoor particles: a review, J. Air Waste Mgt. Assoc ., 46, 98, 1996.
Weekes, D.M. and Gammage, R.B., The practitioner's approach to indoor air quality
investigations, Proc. Indoor Air Qual. Symp ., American Industrial Hygiene Asso-
ciation, Fairfax, VA, 1989, pp. 1-18, 163-171.
Woods, J.E., Cost avoidance and productivity in owning and operating buildings, in
Problem Building-Associated Illness and the Sick Building Syndrome , Cane, J.E. and
Hodgson, M.J., Eds., Occupational Medicine State of the Art Reviews , Hanley &
Belfus, Philadelphia, 753, 1989.
Questions
1. How do the concepts of building-related illness and sick building syndrome
differ?
2. What is the relevance of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) in conducting
problem building investigations?
3. What is the significance of psychosocial factors in reporting rates of SBS-type
symptoms?
4. Characterize sick building syndrome.
5. What is the difference between a “sick” building and a problem building?
6. Characterize indoor air quality/SBS-type symptoms.
7. Is working with carbonless copy paper an indoor air quality problem? Ex-
plain.
8. How is inadequate ventilation a risk factor for indoor air quality complaints?
9. Describe the relationship between SBS-type symptom prevalence rates, gen-
der, and atopy.
10. What is mass hysteria? Is it a real phenomenon?
11. How is exposure to ETS a risk factor for SBS-type symptoms among non-
smokers and smokers?
12. How is dissatisfaction with thermal conditions related to indoor air quality
concerns?
13. In studies of the USEPA headquarters building, what was unique?
14. Describe factors that affect thermal comfort.
15. Working with office copy machines and copy paper may be a risk factor for
SBS-type symptoms. Explain why this may be the case.