Indoor Air Quality and Sick Building Syndrome in Three Selected Buildings

Abdull, Norhidayah; Lee, Chia Kuang; Azhar, M.K.; Nurulwahida, S.

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2013.02.014

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“…Norhidayah et al (2013) SBS is the exposure of common symptoms amongst certain individuals working or living in an environment, where the appearance of these signs depends on their presence in that place.…”

Section: Tssa (2010)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough?

AlWaer

Omrany

Ghaffarianhoseini

et al. 2018

Architectural Science Review

171

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Health and well-being are vitally important aspects of people centric building design and are the roots of productivity. Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a collection of factors that can negatively affect physical health in several ways. Besides physical health is also related to psychological well-being because the human body is one interactive biological system. This paper focuses on reviewing the current state of knowledge on building sickness syndrome which has been prevalent as a building illness since the 1970s especially in offices and schools. While the concepts of intelligent, smart and sustainable buildings have gained considerable attention during recent decades, there is now increasing attention being given to designing healthy buildings. This study provides a review about SBS symptoms. Several negative effects of SBS are identified and potential solutions are advocated. Finally, the study stresses the role of built environment and concludes that ongoing research towards tackling SBS and developing healthy indoor environments should not be limited to a single formula as any health-related building design approach is dependent on several interacting factors. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Tssa (2010)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough?

AlWaer

Omrany

Ghaffarianhoseini

et al. 2018

Architectural Science Review

171

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“…While the less effective wall finishing is the acrylic paint as the fungi achieved its maximum growth by Day 9 on this wall finishing. This is because the efficiency of acrylic paint is influenced by the humidity and temperature of its surrounding when applied [16][17]. The temperature of indoor environment mainly influences growth of indoor fungal.…”

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Indoor Fungal Growth on Variable Antifungal at Different Wall Finishing on Plasterboard

Sunar¹,

Subramaniam²,

Zulkifly³

et al. 2018

IJET

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Various health complaints often been attributed to pollution and the poor quality of the indoor air. If there is good practice in building design, construction, and maintenance, the structures should remain dry. However, when there is moisture damage, the materials may be in contact with water for prolonged times, which inevitably leads to microbial growth or even total deterioration of the building material. Antimicrobial coating is designed to generate a surface that is easy to clean and can also incorporate active agents, commonly called antifungal, that prevent microbial colonization, the subsequent growth and bio-deterioration of the substrate. This paper presents the sustainable treatment for indoor environment quality in buildings by examining the application of potassium sorbate, zinc salicylate, and calcium benzoate that used as food industry preservatives as indoor antimicrobial agents. Four types of wall finishing used on plasterboard substrate: acrylic paint, glycerol based-paint, thin wallpaper, and thick wallpaper. The result indicated that potassium sorbate is the best bio compound to react as antifungal agent to prohibit the growth of indoor fungi. All the antifungal shows difference level of their effectiveness from each other. Only 40% of fungi were able to grow on thin wallpaper by using potassium sorbate as antifungal agent.

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“…Similarly, Bholah et al [18] found that mechanical ventilators induce higher SBS symptoms compared to naturally ventilated buildings. Hidayah et al [19], concurred when they found that ventilation and accumulation of possible contaminants within indoor environment exacerbates SBS symptoms. It is evident that majority of studies have been focusing on indoor air quality which justify its inclusion in this study.…”

Section: Indoor Work Environment and Sick Building Syndromementioning

confidence: 87%

Structural Model for the Effects of Perceived Indoor Work Environment on Sick Building Syndrome and Stress

Abdullah¹,

Hamid²,

Shaif

et al. 2016

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. Sick Building syndrome (SBS) and stress have a prevalent influence on organizational productivity and competitiveness. Unhealthy employees not only tend to have high medical leaves but also low productivity due to ailments and discomforts. Studies that investigate the effects of indoor work environment on Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) have yielded mixed results while their effect on stress has not been empirically established. Furthermore, studies that simultaneously investigate both SBS and stress are almost non-existent. Thus, this study aimed to study the effects of perceived indoor work environment on SBS and stress and the link between SBS and stress. A crosssectional survey participated by 598 employees from various industries was conducted from September to October 2015. Data were analyzed using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to assess both the measurement model and the path structure. The results suggest that indoor work environment has significant yet the weak effect on SBS while it has no effect on stress. However, SBS has a strong significant relationship with stress. The implication of this study on the importance of conducive indoor work environment is discussed with suggestions for future studies.

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Indoor Air Quality and Sick Building Syndrome in Three Selected Buildings

Cited by 100 publications

References 3 publications

Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough?

Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough?

Indoor Fungal Growth on Variable Antifungal at Different Wall Finishing on Plasterboard

Structural Model for the Effects of Perceived Indoor Work Environment on Sick Building Syndrome and Stress

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