Health
Effects of Poor IAQ (Indoor Air Quality)
Building related illnesses such as
Legionnaire's disease, asthma, hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis, and
humidifier fever have been traced to specific building problems.
Sick building syndrome consists of
symptoms that do not fit the pattern of any particular illness and are
difficult to trace to any specific source. Occupants may complain of
burning eyes, nose, dizziness, nausea, headache or irritability which
begins when workers enter their offices and diminish when they leave.
The World Health Organization
believes that up to 30% of new or remodeled commercial buildings may have
unusually high rates of health and comfort complaints that may possibly be
IAQ related.
The Environmental Protection
Agency has stated that indoor air is up to 70% more contaminated than
outdoor air.
50% of all
illnesses are either caused or aggravated by polluted indoor
air (American College of Allergists).
One out of six people
who suffer from allergies do so as a direct result of the fungi
and bacteria in air duct systems (Total Health and Better
Magazines).
Children are more
likely than adults to be affected by polluted indoor air,
they breathe faster, inhale more air per unit of body weight and
are closer to the ground where concentrations are higher
(Department of Consumer Affairs).
The elderly,
asthmatics, and people with breathing problems, allergies, and
lung diseases are also likely to be more sensitive to pollutants
(Department of Consumer Affairs).
In addition to health issues, poor
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) can affect the efficiency of the ventilation system and cause higher
maintenance costs by stressing the mechanical system. Energy Efficiency
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