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KuTenk 2000 - SENV227306-Indoor Air Quality Handbook

by John D. Spengler, Jonathan M. Samet and John F. McCarthy (eds)

2001 (1488 pages)

ISBN:9780074455494

Offering solutions to virtually any problem in the field, this comprehensive handbook provides answers on instrumentation, contaminants, codes and guidelines, and solutions to assess, design, and maintain healthy and productive indoor environments.

Table of Contents

INDOOR AIR QUALITY HANDBOOK
Part 1 - INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1	-	INTRODUCTION TO THE IAQ HANDBOOK
Chapter 2	-	THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF VENTILATION
Chapter 3	-	SICK BUILDING SYNDROME STUDIES AND THE COMPILATION OF NORMATIVE AND COMPARATIVE VALUES
Chapter 4	-	ESTIMATES OF POTENTIAL NATIONWIDE PRODUCTIVITY AND HEALTH BENEFITS FROM BETTER INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS: AN UPDATE
Chapter 5	-	INDOOR AIR QUALITY FACTORS IN DESIGNING A HEALTHY BUILDING
Part 2 - BUILDING SYSTEMS
Chapter 6	-	AN OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. BUILDING STOCK
Chapter 7	-	HVAC SYSTEMS
Chapter 8	-	HVAC SUBSYSTEMS
Chapter 9	-	AIR CLEANING—PARTICLES
Chapter 10	-	REMOVAL OF GASES AND VAPORS
Chapter 11	-	DISINFECTING AIR
Chapter 12	-	CONTROLLING BUILDING FUNCTIONS
Chapter 13	-	VENTILATION STRATEGIES
Chapter 14	-	BUILDING FIRES AND SMOKE MANAGEMENT
Part 3 - HUMAN RESPONSES
Chapter 15	-	THERMAL COMFORT CONCEPTS AND GUIDELINES
Chapter 16	-	THERMAL EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE
Chapter 17	-	THE IRRITATED EYE IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT—PHYSIOLOGY, PREVALENCE, AND CAUSES
Chapter 18	-	LIGHTING RECOMMENDATIONS
Chapter 19	-	THE ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT: RESPONSES TO SOUND
Chapter 20	-	PHYSICOCHEMICAL BASIS FOR ODOR AND IRRITATION POTENCY OF VOCs
Chapter 21	-	RESPONSE TO ODORS
Chapter 22	-	PERCEIVED AIR QUALITY AND VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 23	-	ANIMAL BIOASSAYS FOR EVALUATION OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Chapter 24	-	COMPUTERIZED ANIMAL BIOASSAY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF AIRBORNE CHEMICALS ON THE RESPIRATORY TRACT
Chapter 25	-	SENSORY IRRITATION IN HUMANS CAUSED BY VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS) AS INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS: A SUMMARY OF 12 EXPOSURE EXPERIMENTS
Chapter 26	-	METHODS FOR ASSESSING IRRITATION EFFECTS IN IAQ FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES
Chapter 27	-	MULTIPLE CHEMICAL INTOLERANCE AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Chapter 28	-	ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED SKIN DISORDERS
Part 4 - INDOOR POLUTANTS
Chapter 29	-	COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
Chapter 30	-	ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE
Chapter 31	-	VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Chapter 32	-	ALDEHYDES
Chapter 33	-	ASSESSING HUMAN EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Chapter 34	-	POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, PHTHALATES, AND PHENOLS
Chapter 35	-	PESTICIDES
Chapter 36	-	POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
Chapter 37	-	FIBERS
Chapter 38	-	ASBESTOS
Chapter 39	-	SYNTHETIC VITREOUS FIBERS
Chapter 40	-	RADON
Chapter 41	-	LATEX
Chapter 42	-	ENDOTOXINS
Chapter 43	-	ALLERGENS DERIVED FROM ARTHROPODS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS
Chapter 44	-	POLLEN IN INDOOR AIR: SOURCES, EXPOSURES, AND HEALTH EFFECTS
Chapter 45	-	THE FUNGI
Chapter 46	-	TOXIGENIC FUNGI IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 47	-	TUBERCULOSIS
Chapter 48	-	LEGIONELLA

Part 5 - ASSESSING IAQ
Chapter 49	-	STRATEGIES AND METHODOLOGIES TO INVESTIGATE BUILDINGS
Chapter 50	-	TRACKING ULTRAFINE PARTICLES IN BUILDING INVESTIGATIONS
Chapter 51	-	INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Chapter 52	-	MEASURING VENTILATION PERFORMANCE
Chapter 53	-	ASSESSING OCCUPANT REACTION TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Chapter 54	-	BUILDING-RELATED DISEASES
Chapter 55	-	METHODS TO ASSESS WORKPLACE STRESS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS
Chapter 56	-	COST OF RESPONDING TO COMPLAINTS
Chapter 57	-	MODELING IAQ AND BUILDING DYNAMICS
Chapter 58	-	INDOOR AIR QUALITY MODELING
Chapter 59	-	APPLICATION OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY STUDIES
Part 6 - PREVENTING INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Chapter 60	-	INDOOR AIR QUALITY BY DESIGN
Chapter 61	-	BUILDING COMMISSIONING FOR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
Chapter 62	-	PREVENTION DURING REMODELING RESTORATION
Chapter 63	-	PREVENTION AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
Chapter 64	-	PREVENTION WITH CLEANING
Part 7 - SPECIAL INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS
Chapter 65	-	INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN HOSPITALS
Chapter 66	-	RESIDENTIAL EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM NEARBY COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
Chapter 67	-	RECREATION BUILDINGS
Chapter 68	-	TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 69	-	DAY-CARE CENTERS AND HEALTH
Part 8 - RISK ASSESSMENT AND LITIGATION
Chapter 70	-	THE RISK ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK: RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, AND RISK COMMUNICATION
Chapter 71	-	IAQ AND THE LAW