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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, 2006.
Temas:
Buildings > Health aspects > Great Britain.
Buildings > Environmental engineering > Great Britain.
Building laws > Great Britain.
Constructions > Technique de l'environnement > Grande-Bretagne.
Building laws.
Buildings > Environmental engineering.
Buildings > Health aspects.
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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