<p><span>People live in indoor environment about 90% of lifetime and an adult inhales about 15 kg air each day, over 75% of the human body’s daily mass intake (air, food, water). Therefore, indoor air quality (IAQ) is very important to human health. This book provides the basic knowledge of IAQ and
Indoor Air Quality Handbook
✍ Scribed by John D. Spengler, John F. McCarthy, Jonathan M. Samet
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Professional
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 1600
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY AVAILABLEThis handbook brings you solutions to virtually any problem in the field. Leading U.S. and international experts help you to create and maintain safe and healthy environments in structures from hospitals to residences, and handle a range of questions from health and comfort effects and physiologic thresholds to ventilation measurement and employee programs. For answers on instrumentation, contaminants, codes, and guidelines-for the solutions you need to assess, design, and maintain healthy and productive indoor environments, Indoor Air Quality Handbook is the one source to have.Assess Indoor Air Quality Complaints-Evaluation Methods-Risk Management and Communication Strategies-Critical Review of Sick Building Investigations -Indoor Concentration Data for Microbiologicals, Chemical Compounds, Particles, and Fibers*Understand Critical Issues-Health and Productivity Costs of Poor IAQ-Filtration, Air Cleaning, and the New ASHRAE StandardsDesign Healthy, Comfortable, and Functional Buildings-Application of Models and Advanced Techniques-Commissioning Buildings to Perform as Designed-IAQ in Schools, Hospitals, Sports Facilities, Office Buildings Apartments, and Transportation Vehicles
✦ Subjects
Промышленное и гражданское строительство;Вентиляция и кондиционирование;Справочники, каталоги, таблицы;Справочники, каталоги, таблицы
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