Open AccessIndoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort: An investigation in office buildings in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City
Author(s) -
Pham Thi Hai Ha,
Nguyễn Thị Khánh Phương,
Nguyễn Thành Trung,
To Thi Loi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/869/2/022024
Subject(s) - indoor air quality , thermal comfort , architectural engineering , sick building syndrome , field survey , vietnamese , air quality index , ho chi minh , environmental science , indoor air , quality (philosophy) , environmental health , civil engineering , engineering , environmental engineering , geography , meteorology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , cartography , scale (ratio) , epistemology
Thermal comfort and air quality are basic factors of indoor environment. In office buildings, poor indoor air quality (IAQ) and low thermal comfort level may negatively affect occupants’ health and performance and eventually causes Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). In this research, the IAQ and thermal comfort were examined at a number of office buildings in the three Vietnamese cities of Hanoi (North), Danang (Central) and Ho Chi Minh City (South), which aims to assess the quality of indoor environment of office buildings in Vietnam. The results showed that the design and operation scheme play an important role for the achievement of the indoor air quality and thermal comfort. The collected data from field measurement and survey are expected to be concrete scientific basis for the revision of current standards and development of new standards in air quality of office buildings