TY - CONF
KW - Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
KW - Sick building syndrome (SBS)
KW - Ventilation
KW - Building-related symptoms
KW - Moisture
AU - Mark J Mendell
AU - Quanhong Lei-Gomez
AU - Myrna Cozen
AU - Howard S Brightman
AU - Michael G Apte
AU - Christine A Erdmann
AU - Gregory Brunner
AU - John R Girman
AB - This paper summarizes three analyses of data on building-related environmental factors and occupant symptoms collected from 100 representative large U.S. office buildings.  Using multivariate logistic regression models, we found increased occupant symptoms associated with a number of building-related factors, including lower ventilation rates even at the current guideline levels, lack of scheduled cleaning for air-conditioning drain pans and cooling coils, poor condition of cooling coils, poorly maintained humidification systems, and lower outdoor air intake height. Some expected relationships were not found, and several findings were opposite of expected.  Although requiring replication, these findings suggest preventive actions to reduce occupant symptoms in office buildings.
BT - Healthy Buildings 2006 Conference
C1 - 1.2
C2 - LBNL-59659
CY - Lisbon, Portugal
LA - eng
N2 - This paper summarizes three analyses of data on building-related environmental factors and occupant symptoms collected from 100 representative large U.S. office buildings.  Using multivariate logistic regression models, we found increased occupant symptoms associated with a number of building-related factors, including lower ventilation rates even at the current guideline levels, lack of scheduled cleaning for air-conditioning drain pans and cooling coils, poor condition of cooling coils, poorly maintained humidification systems, and lower outdoor air intake height. Some expected relationships were not found, and several findings were opposite of expected.  Although requiring replication, these findings suggest preventive actions to reduce occupant symptoms in office buildings.
PP - Lisbon, Portugal
PY - 2006
SP - 371
EP - 376
T2 - Healthy Buildings 2006 Conference
T3 - Healthy Buildings 2006 Conference
TI - Indoor Environmental Risk Factors for Occupant Symptoms in 100 U.S. Office Buildings: Summary of Three Analyses from the EPA BASE Study
VL - 111
ER -