The effects of building design and use on air quality.
The authors describe a "total building performance" approach to analyzing and remediating problem buildings, including the effects of overall building design as well as specific components, systems, and system integration. The importance of individual control of the local environment is discussed, and a summary approach to the creation of healthy buildings is presented.
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Department of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-3890.
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D000389:Air Conditioning; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006361:Heating; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014691:Ventilation
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational