| ISBN |
9781849774611 |
| 9781844077878 |
| Author |
Bluyssen, Philomena |
| Title |
The Indoor environment handbook : how to make buildings healthy and comfortable. |
| Description |
1 online resource (310 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- The Indoor Environment Handbook -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables, Boxes and Plates -- Why this Book? -- How to Read this Book -- Acknowledgements -- List of Symbols, Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Part I: Humans and the Indoor Environment -- 1. Health, Comfort and Indoor Environmental Control -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Disorders and diseases -- 1.3 Indoor environmental parameters and control -- 1.4 Link with Parts II and III -- 2. Human Reception and Perception -- 2.1 The human senses and human systems -- 2.1.1 Human senses -- 2.1.2 Human systems -- 2.1.3 Possible diseases and disorders -- 2.1.4 Measurement of human reception and perception -- 2.2 The human skin -- 2.2.1 Components of the skin -- 2.2.2 Mechanisms -- 2.2.3 Possible diseases and disorders -- 2.3 The human eye -- 2.3.1 Components of the eye -- 2.3.2 Mechanisms -- 2.3.3 Possible diseases and disorders -- 2.4 The human nose -- 2.4.1 Components of the nose -- 2.4.2 Mechanisms -- 2.4.3 Possible diseases and disorders -- 2.5 The human ear -- 2.5.1 Components of the ear -- 2.5.2 Mechanisms -- 2.5.3 Possible diseases and disorders -- 2.6 The human respiratory tract -- 2.6.1 Components of the respiratory tract -- 2.6.2 Mechanisms -- 2.6.3 Possible diseases and disorders -- 3. The Indoor Environment -- 3.1 Indoor environmental factors -- 3.2 Thermal parameters -- 3.2.1 Parameters and definitions -- 3.2.2 Mechanisms -- 3.2.3 Energy balance of a person -- 3.2.4 Measurement -- 3.2.5 Control strategies -- 3.3 Lighting parameters -- 3.3.1 Parameters and definitions -- 3.3.2 Mechanisms -- 3.3.3 Sources of light -- 3.3.4 Sources of non-visible electromagnetic radiation -- 3.3.5 Measurement -- 3.3.6 Control strategies -- 3.4 Indoor air parameters -- 3.4.1 Parameters and definitions -- 3.4.2 Pollutants and sources. |
| 3.4.3 Emissions mechanisms -- 3.4.4 Ventilation mechanisms -- 3.4.5 Measurement -- 3.4.6 Control strategies -- 3.5 Sound parameters -- 3.5.1 Parameters and definitions -- 3.5.2 Mechanisms -- 3.5.3 Sources of noise -- 3.5.4 Measurement -- 3.5.5 Control strategies -- Part II: Health and Comfort in the Indoor Environment -- 4. Past, Present and Future of Health and Comfort in the Indoor Environment -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Definition of health and comfort -- 4.3 Drivers of health and comfort -- 4.4 Link to Part III -- 5. Defining Health and Comfort in the Indoor Environment -- 5.1 Component-related approach -- 5.1.1 From thermal comfort to simulation and adaptive comfort -- 5.1.2 From daylight entry and visual comfort to lighting and health -- 5.1.3 From ventilation to source control -- 5.1.4 From noise disturbance to noise, health and vibrations -- 5.2 Bottom-up holistic approach -- 5.2.1 More than one parameter -- 5.2.2 Epidemiological studies -- 5.2.3 Psycho-social effects -- 5.3 Performance concepts and indicators -- 5.3.1 Performance evaluations -- 5.3.2 Financial evaluation -- 5.3.3 Savings and productivity gains -- 5.3.4 Health and comfort -- 6. Drivers of Health and Comfort in the Indoor Environment -- 6.1 External drivers -- 6.1.1 Economic drivers -- 6.1.2 Social drivers -- 6.1.3 Policies, directives and regulations -- 6.1.4 Climate change -- 6.2 Internal drivers -- 6.2.1 Basic needs of end users -- 6.2.2 Stakes of direct stakeholders -- Part III: Management of the Indoor Environment -- 7. An Interactive and Sustainable Approach -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Some facts -- 7.3 The interactive top-down approach -- 7.4 Some challenges for the future -- 8. The Top-Down Approach -- 8.1 A top-down approach complementary to the bottom-up approach. |
| 8.1.1 Discrepancy of current standards with end users' needs -- 8.1.2 Communication stakeholders -- 8.1.3 Performance-based framework -- 8.1.4 A top-down approach -- 8.2 System engineering management -- 8.2.1 System engineering -- 8.2.2 The system engineering team and process -- 8.3 End users' wishes and demands -- 8.3.1 Modelling -- 8.3.2 Observation of behaviour -- 8.3.3 Questionnaires or surveys -- 8.3.4 Evaluation of prototypes -- 8.3.5 End users involved in the design team -- 9. The Individual Interactions -- 9.1 Interactions -- 9.2 Interactions at the human level -- 9.2.1 Physiological interactions -- 9.2.2 Psychological interactions -- 9.2.3 Interactions between human beings -- 9.3 Interactions at the indoor environmental parameter level -- 9.3.1 Indoor chemistry -- 9.3.2 Microbiological growth -- 9.3.3 Biological lighting -- 9.3.4 (Fine) dust -- 9.3.5 Noise and vibrations -- 9.4 Interactions at the building (element) level -- 9.4.1 Building elements -- 9.4.2 Interactions of the building with the indoor environment -- 9.4.3 Interactions of the building with the outdoor environment -- 9.5 Interactions of people with their environment -- 9.5.1 From inside to outside -- 9.5.2 From outside to inside -- 10. Summary and Conclusions -- Annexes -- A TOBUS -- A.1 Questionnaire IEQ TOBUS -- A.2 TOBUS checklist for building managers -- A.3 TOBUS checklist for auditors -- B Sensory Evaluation by the Human Nose -- B.1 General techniques and attributes -- B.2 Trained panel method -- C Current Standards and Regulations -- C.1 Thermal comfort -- C.2 Lighting quality -- C.3 Indoor air quality -- C.4 Regulatory and voluntary schemes -- C.5 Acoustical quality -- D Some Attributes and Factors -- D.1 Building quality assessment (BQA) checklist. |
| D.2 Serviceability tools and methods (STM) - topics of serviceability scales -- D.3 Housing Health and Safety Rating System -- References -- Index. |
| Subject |
Buildings -- Environmental engineering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
| Electronic books. -- local |
| Sick building syndrome -- Prevention -- Handbooks, manuals, etc |
| Electronic books |
| Other name(s) |
Bayon, Ricardo |
| Hamilton, Katherine |
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