Vấn đề các tòa nhà Các tòa nhà phục vụ các mục đích nonresidential, chẳng hạn như khu phức hợp văn phòng, sự đa dạng lớn của các đơn vị bán lẻ và thương mại, và các tòa nhà tổ chức (trường học, trường đại học, bệnh viện, trung tâm chăm sóc ban ngày, và nhà an dưỡng và nghỉ hưu), kinh nghiệm một loạt các khiếu nại có thể sẽ được liên quan với người nghèo trong nhà không khí / chất lượng môi trường trong nhà. Khi xây dựng này là đối tượng khiếu nại đủ để thuyết phục. | chapter seven Problem buildings Buildings that serve nonresidential purposes such as office complexes a large diversity of retail and commercial units and institutional buildings schools universities hospitals day-care centers and convalescent and retirement homes experience a variety of complaints that may be associated with poor indoor air indoor environment quality. When a building is subject to complaints sufficient to convince management to conduct an indoor environment IE investigation it is often characterized as a problem or sick building. Health complaints have been described as being due to building-related illness or tight building sick building syndrome. I. Building illness concepts A. Building-related illness The terms building-related illness BRI or specific building-related illness SBRI are used to characterize cases in nonresidential nonindustrial buildings wherein causal factors for illness symptoms and complaints have been convincingly identified. Building-related illness is characterized by unique symptoms that may be accompanied by clinical signs laboratory confirmations and identifiable contaminants. Included in BRI SBRI are nosocomial hospital-acquired infections hypersensitivity diseases hypersensitivity pneumonitis humidifier fever asthma and chronic allergic rhinitis Legionnaires disease fiberglass dermatitis and toxic effects associated with high exposures to carbon monoxide CO . It could also include formaldehyde HCHO . Formaldehyde however produces symptoms that are often indistinguishable from classical IAQ-type symptoms. The term building-related illness could be more generally applied. If illness symptoms no matter the cause known or unknown can be shown 2001 by CRC Press LLC to be associated with a building or indoor environment they are in fact building-related. B. Work-related illness and symptoms The concept of work-related illness or symptoms as distinct from those that are building-related have not yet been distinctly described
