Managing Indoor Air Quality , Fourth Edition (2008)

More than ever, health, economic, and legal matters associated with Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) seem destined to remain a dominant problem for developers, owners, and managers of commercial and institutional properties. Indoor air problems have definitely made the jobs of engineers and facility managers more difficult and put owners at greater risk.

Following in the footsteps of its three bestselling prior editions, Managing Indoor Air Quality, Fourth Edition continues to monitor concerns over IAQ now at the forefront of many current workplace problems. Extensively updated and edited to reflect the rapid growth in the IAQ industry, this book encompasses the gamut of contaminants, thermal conditions, and other factors that contribute to, or detract from, occupant comfort and a productive workplace.

A Thorough Handbook for Facility Operations and Maintenance Practitioners

Maintaining a focus on IAQ issues from a management perspective, this book steers clear of overly detailed data and technical lingo. It is meant to be a practical desk reference for owners, managers, operators, and/or anyone responsible for operating and maintaining a facility. Design professionals, too, benefit from the information contained between these covers, as well as those who offer owners technical and financial support.

This valuable resource cuts across multiple professions, taking a broader and more widely applicable approach by avoiding the specificity and bias of any one discipline. It includes rich IAQ history and new practical, pragmatic suggestions throughout its procedural guidelines all the while operating under the realization that the IAQ problem is real and, unfortunately, not going away.

CONTENTS

PREFACE ix

1 INDOOR AIR QUALITY: AN OVERVIEW—WHERE ARE WE? 1
The Building as a Habitat • When Buildings Become Sickening
• Why Now? • Humane Concerns • Economic Issues • Legal
Implications • Indoor Air Pollutants • Treating the Problem
• IAQ Controls • Investigation Headaches • Environmental
Medicine • The Management Challenge

2 INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN RETROSPECT: HOW DID WE GET HERE? 15
IAQ in Antiquity • Body Odor & Tobacco Smoke: Factors
of Transition • IAQ Today • Summary: What Does All This Mean?

3 CLASSIFYING INDOOR AIR PROBLEMS: WHAT KIND AND HOW BIG A PROBLEM DO WE HAVE? 27
Sick Building Syndrome & Building Related Illness • SBS
Symptomatology • Building Related Illness Diagnosis • Putting
Health Information to Work • Contaminants & Their Sources •
Environmental Conditions • Psychological & Ergonomic Factors
• Health, Contaminants & Environmental Factors

4 INVESTIGATING INDOOR AIR QUALITY PROBLEMS: HOW TO FIND OUT WHAT WENT WRONG 71
Investigation Procedures • Measures of Acceptability • Investigation
Difficulties • Selecting a Diagnostic Team

5 CONTROLLING INDOOR AIR PROBLEMS: HOW TO KEEP THE BUILDING WORKING WELL 115
Toxicity & Hazard • Measuring Contaminants • Controls • Special
Control Considerations • Control Evaluation & Monitoring
• Control by Contaminant

6 THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT: AN INTERNAL HABITAT 145
Comfort & Health • Temperature • Relative Humidity • Humidity
& ASHRAE 62 • Ventilation • Ventilation Limitations
• First, Check the HVAC System • Ventilation & Energy Efficiency

7 HVAC: THE HEART OF THE SYSTEM 165
HVAC Design • Inspecting the HVAC System • HVAC Operations
& Maintenance • HVAC IAQ Opportunities • Outdoor Air
Intake • Mixing Plenum • Water & Air Distribution Systems •
Water Systems • Air Systems • Heating/Cooling Plants

8 FILTRATION: UNDERSTANDING AN UNDERUTILIZED ASSET 191
History of Filters • Applying Filtration • Basic Principles of Air
Cleaning • Particulate Filtration • Testing and Rating Methods
for Particulate Filters • Gas Phase Filtration • Application of
Filtration

9 BUILDING SECURITY AND SAFETY: READYING YOUR BUILDING FOR “EXTRAORDINARY” ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS 223
“9/11” Changed the World • The Rules Have Not Changed •
Assessment Guidance • Checklist for CB Hardening Preparations
• Filtration is an Important Building Security Tool

10 OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION 241
Inherited “Energy Crisis” Problems • The High Cost
of Neglected Maintenance • Operation & Maintenance: The Key
IAQ Ingredient • Preventive Maintenance for Quality Indoor
Air • Putting It All Together • Poor Maintenance by Design •
Maintenance Fallacies that Work Against Productive Environments

11 MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES: THE SOFT SIDE OF IAQ SUCCESS 261
Complaint Response • Complaint Response Procedures •
Management by Complaint • Developing an IAQ Program •
Policy • The IAQ Manager • Management Plan • IAQ Resource
Notebook • Management Concerns • Economic Factors • Legal
Matters—Specific Policy Issues • Securing Consultant Services •
Education & Training • Communication in IAQ Management

12 WHAT “THEY” SAY FROM WHENCE DOES MY HELP COMETH? 287
ASHRAE 62, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality •
Ventilation Rate Procedure • Air Quality Procedure • Acceptable
Air Quality • Revision Activity • Where to Next?

Appendix A—Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations 299
Appendix B—Glossary of Terms 301
Appendix C—Selected Resources and References 311
Appendix D—Investigation Forms 335
Appendix E—Guidance Checklist for Design Documentation 351

Index 353

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