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Relations between perceived indoor environment characteristics and well being of occupants at individual level

Claude-Alain Roulet
2006
Conference Papers

Abstract

Within the European research project HOPE, 97 apartmentbuildings and 67 office buildings were investigated using checklists addressing the building characteristics and self-administered questionnaires to the occupants asking their perceived comfort (thermal visual, acoustical and indoor air quality) and health(sick building syndrome symptoms and allergies). 2703 valid questionnaires were collected in dwellings and 5992 in offices. Statistical interpretation of these individual questionnaires have shown several correlations between the presence of SBS symptoms or comfort complaints and the characteristics of the indoor environment.

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Claude-Alain Roulet
2006
Conference Papers

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/812de41e-df51-4218-980d-bc9296600570

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Sick building syndrome

Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a condition in which people develop symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. The main identifying observation is an increased incidence of complaints of symptoms such as headache, eye, nose, and throat irritation, fatigue, dizziness, and nausea. In fact the 1989 Oxford English Dictionary defines SBS in that way.

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Questionnaire construction refers to the design of a questionnaire to gather statistically useful information about a given topic. When properly constructed and responsibly administered, questionnaires can provide valuable data about any given subject. Questionnaire Questionnaires are frequently used in quantitative marketing research and social research. They are a valuable method of collecting a wide range of information from a large number of individuals, often referred to as respondents.

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