Office Air:A Worker’s Guide to Air Quality in Offices, Schools, and Hospitals

1995
ISBN: 0-662-21413-7
Cat. H49-87/1994E

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction to Indoor Air Quality Problems

A What Are the Effects of Poor Indoor Air Quality?

B What Factors Affect Indoor Air Quality?

C Communicating Indoor Air Quality Problems

Part 2: Resolving Indoor Air Quality Problems

A How to Use Part 2

B Carrying Out a Preliminary Building Walkthrough

B1 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) System

B2 Temperature and Humidity

B3 Air Motion

B4 Carbon Monoxide

B5 Formaldehyde

B6 Particulates

B7 Volatile Organic Compounds

B8 Micro-organisms

C Developing and Testing Your Theory

C1 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) System

C2 Temperature and Humidity

C3 Air Motion

C4 Carbon Monoxide

C5 Formaldehyde

C6 Particulates

C7 Volatile Organic Compounds

C8 Micro-organisms

Part 3: Hiring a Consultant to Help

A Where Do You Look?

B Evaluating a Consultant’s Qualifications

C Defining the Work to Be Completed

Appendix A: Government Agencies

Appendix B: Bibliography