Investigating Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms and Related Factors in the Educational Buildings of District 6 of Tehran in 2019: A Short Report

Realization and exploitation of buildings involves in European Union about 40% of total energy consumption [1]. One of the elements of rationalization of energy consumption in buildings are the undertakings related with thermal modernization of buildings. The actions related with reducing the energy intensity of buildings are not always correlated with improvement of microclimate conditions in the rooms. Errors in the implementation of the energy efficiency program led to the phenomenon of sick building syndrome. The paper presents the results of the research conducted in a few educational buildings before and after thermal modernization. The research includes energy consumption for the heating of building and selected parameters of the interior microclimate. This analysis was carried out to evaluate the influence of energy saving activities on microclimate interior conditions. It was found that in many cases commonly used gravitational ventilation is not able to ensure the proper conditions of the interior microclimate, and the concentrations of carbon dioxide recorded in the tested rooms exceeded the applicable standards.

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Influence of personal characteristics, job-related factors and psychosocial factors on the sick building syndrome

Applied Ergonomics ◽

10.1016/0003-6870(90)90053-z ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 255

Keyword(s):

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Related Factors ◽

Sick Building

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Prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome - Related Factors among Hospital Workers at University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

MedPharmRes ◽

10.32895/ump.mpr.2.2.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Hai Nguyen ◽

Thy Le ◽

Chanh Dang

Keyword(s):

Indoor Air ◽

Medical Center ◽

Sick Building Syndrome ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Hospital Workers ◽

School Environments ◽

Related Factors ◽

Working Environments ◽

Sick Building ◽

The Relationship

Poor indoor air quality is one of the most important factor causing occupational health problems such as sick building syndrome (SBS). Most previous research on risk factors of SBS is evaluated in the office or school environments rather than in the hospital. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of SBS and its related effect on hospital workers in poorly-ventilated and confined working environments through a set of the questionnaires completed from March to June of 2017. The relationship between SBS-Related symptoms, individual characteristics, work environment and conditions were analyzed using Poisson regression. The prevalence of sick building syndrome was 70.1%. The most common symptoms reported by hospital workers include fatigue, headache, and feeling heavy-headed. There was a significant relationship between the prevalence of syndrome and sex, overload of work, atopy as well as varying room temperature.

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