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Effects of a Furniture‐integrated Breathing‐zone Filtration System on Indoor Air Quality, Sick Building Syndrome, and Productivity
Author(s) -
Hedge Alan,
Mitchell George E.,
McCarthy John F.,
Ludwig Jerry
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
indoor air
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.387
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1600-0668
pISSN - 0905-6947
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0668.1993.00016.x
Subject(s) - sick building syndrome , air filtration , indoor air quality , environmental science , filtration (mathematics) , air quality index , ventilation (architecture) , productivity , particulates , environmental engineering , waste management , architectural engineering , engineering , meteorology , geography , ecology , statistics , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics , biology
A field experiment evaluated the effect of a furniture‐inte‐grated breathing‐zone filtration (BZF) system on indoor air quality, worker comfort, health, and productivity. The BZF system tested filters office air to remove volatile organic compounds and airborne particulates. The BZF system was installed on one floor of a 29 story air‐conditioned office building. Another floor of the building served as a control. Comparisons of pre‐installation and three month post‐instal‐lation surveys showed improvements in indoor air quality, sick building syndrome symptoms, and self‐reported pro‐ductivity with the BZF system References