Environmental Engineering Reference
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USEPA/NIOSH model investigative protocol for in-house personnel.
(From USEPA/NIOSH,
Figure 8.1
EPA/400/1-91/003, DHHS Publication No. 91-1141
, 1991.)
The Building Diagnostics approach places primary emphasis on evalu-
ation of the performance of the building and its systems and the quantitative
assessment of airborne contaminants and a variety of environmental param-
eters. It eschews information gathering from occupants and uses air testing
only in the final stages of an investigation.
Investigative protocols have also been developed by European investi-
gators. These include the essentially similar Danish Building Research Insti-
tute (DBRI) and Nordtest (Nordic Ventilation Group) protocols. They contain
