One of the major features of Murphy's book is the revelation of
sick building syndrome's disproportionate effect on women.
Stafford and colleagues concluded, "...if
sick building syndrome is reported in a building, management should consider causes beyond the physical design and operation of the workplace and should widen their investigation to include the organization of work roles and the autonomy of the workforce."
Association of indoor carbon dioxide concentrations, VOCs and environmental susceptibilities with mucous membrane and lower respiratory
sick building syndrome symptoms in the BASE study: Analyses of the 100 building data set.
The message from these results is that if
sick building syndrome is reported in a building then the management should think about what is happening in the organisation.
International studies have shown that an organisation's productivity can improve 15 per cent by addressing
sick building syndrome. KODO, the company that assisted ACF with a design strategy for the ACF office, conducted a study to assess the improvement to employee satisfaction and productivity of ACF's green office and found a marked improvement of some 20 per cent over the old ACF accommodation.
Green construction is not only environmentally friendly construction, it's an excellent means of thwarting
Sick Building Syndrome, or SBS.
Look for indicators of
Sick Building Syndrome -- Physical symptoms generally include eye, nose and throat irritation, respiratory complaints, skin irritation, nausea, dizziness and fatigue.
`It isn't easy to diagnose
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS),' says environmental health consultant Stephen Shutler.
You've no doubt heard about "
sick building syndrome." There's another, related worry these days for companies--toxic mold.
The Labor Standards Inspection Office in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, has decided to pay labor accident compensation to four female preschool employees who suffered from
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), labor officials said Tuesday.
Volatile organic compounds have been implicated as causative agents in asthma, allergies, and the so-called
sick building syndrome. They have not previously been studied for possible associations with chronic rhinosinusitis, but since people in developed nations now spend more than 80% of their lifetime indoors it seemed a good idea to conduct such an investigation, explained Dr.