Health issues in building services.

The increasing importance of health issues for building services engineers needs to be emphasised and therefore the decision was taken to include more information on health aspects of building services in CIBSE Guide A: Environmental design. A review of the current legislation was undertaken, along...

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Corporate Author Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, 2006.
Subjects
Buildings > Health aspects > Great Britain.
Buildings > Environmental engineering > Great Britain.
Building laws > Great Britain.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781680150186
1680150189
1903287650
9781903287651
Physical Description1 online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Health and Safety Commission/Executive ; Health and safety law ; Health at work
  • 2. Thermal conditions for stress: Legislation ; Heat stress ; Cold stress ; Effects of hot and cold stress ; Scalding ; Burns ; Recommendations
  • 3. Humidity: Introduction ; Skin/hair effects ; Problems with high humidity ; Problems with low humidity ; Recommendations
  • 4. Air quality and ventilation: Legislation ; Human sensitivity to inhalation of pollutants, bases of criteria ; Outdoor air ; Outdoor air quality ; Indoor air quality ; Indoor/outdoor (I/O) pollution links ; Indoor sources ; Health effects of common indoor pollutants ; Microbiological contaminants ; Ventilation effectiveness ; Feedback from occupants ; Determination of fresh air rate ; Protection against deliberate harmful attacks ; Conclusions ; Recommendations
  • 5. The visual environment: Legislation ; Introduction ; Light as radiation ; Light operating through the visual system ; Light operating through the circadian system ; Light as a purifier ; Recommendations
  • 6. Water quality: Legislation ; Drinking water ; Industrial water ; Swimming/whirlpool facilities ; Recommendation
  • 7. Electrical and electromagnetic effects: Legislation ; Electric shock ; Electric burns ; Electrical fires ; Arcing ; Explosions ; Electromagnetic fields ; Air ionisation ; Static electricity
  • 8. The acoustic environment: Sound level in a room ; Human hearing response ; Noise assessment ; Noise due to building services and other sources ; Speech intelligibility ; Hearing damage ; Vibration ; Recommendations
  • 9. Further reading.

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