Symptoms experienced, environmental factors and energy consumption in office buildings

Lagoudi, A; Loizidou, M; Santamouris, M; Asimakopoulos, D

dc.contributor.author	Lagoudi, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Loizidou, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Santamouris, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Asimakopoulos, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:12:21Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:12:21Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en
dc.identifier.issn	03787788	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/12076
dc.subject	Energy consumption	en
dc.subject	Human comfort	en
dc.subject	Occupants' symptoms	en
dc.subject	Questionnaires	en
dc.subject.other	Air quality	en
dc.subject.other	Energy utilization	en
dc.subject.other	Health hazards	en
dc.subject.other	Indoor air pollution	en
dc.subject.other	Health symptoms	en
dc.subject.other	Indoor air quality	en
dc.subject.other	Office buildings	en
dc.title	Symptoms experienced, environmental factors and energy consumption in office buildings	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0378-7788(96)00983-8	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-7788(96)00983-8	en
heal.publicationDate	1996	en
heal.abstract	A major increase of complaints has been observed by the occupants of buildings, concerning health symptoms and comfort. In this study, the occupants' experience of symptoms as well as the occupants' sensation of the environmental parameters were estimated in six office buildings, where the indoor air quality was investigated. It was found that the percentage of building related symptoms experienced by the occupants of the buildings was high and it was strongly related to human comfort and human sensation concerning the environmental conditions. The human response to the environmental conditions showed that none of the parameters was judged as being unacceptable overall, which indicates that the number of symptoms observed in each building cannot be attributed to one cause but to the contribution of various environmental parameters. Moreover, it was found that the increase of energy consumption was associated with the increase of health symptoms for these buildings.	en
heal.journalName	Energy and Buildings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0378-7788(96)00983-8	en
dc.identifier.volume	24	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	237	en
dc.identifier.epage	243	en