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Indoor air quality and sick building syndrome: Are green buildings better than conventional buildings?

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Author	Tiwari, Rajnarayan R. Gawande, Sonal Narayanan, Prakash Bhadri, Ashwin
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	Indoor air quality (IAQ) influences human health, productivity and wellness. Green buildings are believed to have better IAQ. The 'sick building syndrome' (SBS) describes a set of nonspecific symptoms experienced by occupants due to time spent in a building with poor IAQ. Thus this study was undertaken to assess the IAQ in green buildings and compare it with that of conventional buildings. The prevalence of SBS in both types of buildings is also studied. In five pairs of green and conventional buildings measurements of comfort parameters (temperature & relative humidity) and indoor air pollutants using monitors was done. 148 employees which included 84 from green buildings and 64 from conventional buildings were surveyed for SBS using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The analysis was done using SPSS16 and included Mann Whitney for IAQ pollutant concentrations and Chi-square for the SBS prevalence. Similar indoor air quality was found in both types of buildings. The mean of temperature, CO2 and formaldehyde was statistically lower in green buildings. The SBS prevalence was found to be 38.1% in green buildings and 53.1% in conventional buildings. Thus to conclude the poorly maintained green building does not have any added advantage for occurrence of SBS.
Related Links	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7227732/pdf
Ending Page	32
Page Count	3
Starting Page	30
File Format	XHTML
ISSN	09732284
e-ISSN	19983670
DOI	10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_148_19
Journal	Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	24
Language	English
Publisher	Medknow
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Environmental Engineering Conventional Buildings Green Buildings Indoor Air Quality Sick Building Syndrome Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Volume 24, Issue 1
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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