Health EffectsHealth Effects
SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS)
VS
BUILDING RELATED ILLNESS (BRI)
Health EffectsHealth Effects
•SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS)
–A PERSISTENT SET OF SYMPTOMS IN > 20%
–CAUSE(S) NOT RECOGNIZABLE
–COMPLAINTS/SYMPTOMS RELIEVED AFTER
EXITING BUILDING
Health EffectsHealth Effects
•SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS)
–EYE, NOSE, OR THROAT IRRITATION
–HEADACHES
–FATIGUE
–REDUCED MENTATION
–IRRITABILITY
Health EffectsHealth Effects
•SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS)
–DRY SKIN
–NASAL CONGESTION
–DIFFICULTY BREATHING
–NOSE BLEEDS
–NAUSEA
Health EffectsHealth Effects
•BUILDING RELATED ILLNESS (BRI)
–CLINICALLY RECOGNIZED DISEASE
–EXPOSURE TO INDOOR AIR
POLLUTANTS
–RECOGNIZABLE CAUSES
Health EffectsHealth Effects
•BUILDING RELATED ILLNESS (BRI)
–PONTIAC FEVER - LEGIONELLA spp.
–LEGIONNAIRE’S DISEASE
–HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS
–HUMIDIFIER FEVER
Health EffectsHealth Effects
•BUILDING RELATED ILLNESS (BRI)
–ASTHMA
–ALLERGY
–RESPIRATORY DISEASE
•CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY
DISEASE (COPD)
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•PREVENTING IAQ PROBLEMS
–SOURCES OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
–EQUIPMENT
–HUMAN ACTIVITIES
–BUILDING COMPONENTS & FURNISHINGS
–OTHER SOURCES
–VENTILATION TO MEET OCCUPANT NEEDS
–OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•SOURCES OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
–CONTAMINATED OUTDOOR AIR
•POLLEN, DUST, FUNGI
•INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS
•GENERAL VEHICLE EXHAUST
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•SOURCES OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
–EMISSIONS FROM NEARBY SOURCES
•PARKING LOTS/GARAGES
•LOADING DOCKS/DUMPSTERS
•RE-ENTRAINED BUILDING EXHAUST
•LOCATION OF SUPPLY INTAKES
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•SOURCES OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
–SOIL GAS
•
RADON
•
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (LEAKING)
•
LANDFILL
•
PESTICIDE APPLICATION
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•SOURCES OUTSIDE THE BUILDING
–STANDING WATER
•ROOFTOPS
•CRAWLSPACES
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•EQUIPMENT
–HVAC SYSTEM
•
DUST/DIRT/GROWTH IN DUCTS
•
GROWTH IN DRIP PANS
•
IMPROPER USE OF BIOCIDES
•
IMPROPER VENTING
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•EQUIPMENT
–NON-HVAC EQUIPMENT
•EMISSIONS FROM OFFICE EQUIPMENT
•SUPPLIES (SOLVENTS, TONERS, ETC.)
•EMISSIONS FROM LABS, CLEANING
•OTHER MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•HUMAN ACTIVITIES
–MAINTENANCE ACTIVIITES
•COOLING TOWERS
•PAINTS, CAULKS, ETC.
•PEST CONTROL
•STORED SUPPLIES
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•BUILDING COMPONENTS & FURNISHINGS
–LOCATIONS THAT COLLECT DUST
–DAMAGED MATERIALS
–UNSANITARY CONDITIONS
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•BUILDING COMPONENTS &
FURNISHINGS
–WATER DAMAGE
–DRY TRAPS - SEWER GAS
–CHEMICAL RELEASE OR OFF-GASING
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•OTHER SOURCES
–ACCIDENTAL EVENTS
•
SPILLS
•
FLOODING
•
FIRE DAMAGE (PCB’S)
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•OTHER SOURCES
–SPECIAL USE AREAS
•
SMOKING LOUNGES
•
LABORATORIES
•
PRINT SHOPS
•
ART ROOMS - GRAPHIC DESIGN
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•OTHER SOURCES
–SPECIAL USE AREAS
•
EXERCISE ROOMS
•
BEAUTY SALONS
•
FOOD PREPARATION AREAS
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•OTHER SOURCES
–REDECORATING/REMODELING/REPAIR
•
NEW FURNISHINGS
•
DUST & FIBERS FROM DEMOLITION
•
ODORS & VOC’S (PAINT, ETC.)
•
MICROBIOLOGICALS FROM DEMOLITION
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•VENTILATION TO MEET OCCUPANT
NEEDS
–ASHRAE STANDARDS (ASHRAE 62-
1989)
•
TEMPERATURE
•
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
•
MINIMUM OUTDOOR AIR REQUIREMENTS
•
CO
2 LEVELS BELOW 1000 PPM
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•VENTILATION TO MEET OCCUPANT
NEEDS
–ENGINEERING CONTROLS
•
MODIFY VENTILATION SYSTEM
•
MODIFY PRESSURE RELATIONSHIPS
•
FILTERS
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•VENTILATION TO MEET OCCUPANT
NEEDS
–ENGINEERING CONTROLS
•PRECIPITATORS
•ION GENERATORS
•HUMIDIFICATION SYSTEMS
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
–POPULATION DENSITY
–LIGHTING
–NOISE
–ERGONOMICS
Control MethodologiesControl Methodologies
•OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
–MANAGEMENT STYLES
–MONITORED WORK STATIONS
–RE-ENTRY CRITERIA