Track: Environmental Engineering

Abstract

This paper will bring the critical debate about the interior office buildings environment and its health implications to a conclusion. The research paper is a descriptive-analytical study that will address both indoor and outdoor air pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently launched two major investigations into indoor air quality in over 150 public and commercial buildings to learn more. According to EPA studies of human exposure to air pollutants, indoor air levels of many toxins are 2–5 times, and occasionally more than 100 times, higher than outside levels. Furthermore, both short- and long-term indoor environmental quality is influenced by the materials used in construction and the choices made by architects and designers. As a result, ventilation, construction materials, and furnishings must all be taken into account. The Sick Building Syndrome is a phenomenon or set of situations in which 20% or more of a structure's occupants exhibit symptoms of disease and comfort effects associated with time spent in a building. This paper will simplify and focus the findings of this study to make it easier to use and benefit from and serve as the top of the iceberg of facts and studies that have enabled the researcher to achieve this brevity.

Keywords

Environment, Air pollutants - Comfort levels, Air quality, Sick Building.