TY - GEN
T1 - Field survey on IAQ, building performance and occupant's health of 60 sick houses in Japan
AU - Yoshino, H.
AU - Netsu, K.
AU - Yoshida, M.
AU - Ikeda, K.
AU - Nozaki, A.
AU - Kakuta, K.
AU - Hojo, S.
AU - Yoshino, H.
AU - Amano, K.
AU - Ishikawa, S.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In order to determine the causes of Sick House Syndrome (SHS), afield survey on indoor air quality and occupants ' health conditions was investigated in 60 sick houses in Japan. Investigation results show that indoor air in many sick houses was polluted with high carbonyl compounds and VOC concentrations over the guidelines. Concentration is higher not only in houses just after completion or rebuilding, but also in those with high air tightness and low air change rate. Next, based on analyses with t-test, the concentrations of formaldehyde, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, p-dichlorobenzene and TVOC in houses of "SHS" is higher than that in houses of "non-SHS". Finally, follow-up survey shows that there were the cases where the improvement of indoor air quality has relieved occupant's symptoms.
AB - In order to determine the causes of Sick House Syndrome (SHS), afield survey on indoor air quality and occupants ' health conditions was investigated in 60 sick houses in Japan. Investigation results show that indoor air in many sick houses was polluted with high carbonyl compounds and VOC concentrations over the guidelines. Concentration is higher not only in houses just after completion or rebuilding, but also in those with high air tightness and low air change rate. Next, based on analyses with t-test, the concentrations of formaldehyde, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, p-dichlorobenzene and TVOC in houses of "SHS" is higher than that in houses of "non-SHS". Finally, follow-up survey shows that there were the cases where the improvement of indoor air quality has relieved occupant's symptoms.
KW - Carbonyl compounds and VOC
KW - Follow-up survey
KW - Sick house syndrome (SHS)
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34247117026
SN - 092320475X
SN - 9780923204754
T3 - Proceedings of the A and WMA Indoor Environmental Quality: Problems, Research and Solutions Conference 2006
SP - 428
EP - 433
BT - Proceedings of the A and WMA Indoor Environmental Quality
T2 - A and WMA Indoor Environmental Quality: Problems, Research and Solutions Conference 2006
Y2 - 17 July 2006 through 19 July 2006
ER -