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September 28, 2020

Indoor Air Quality References

Summary

The Indoor Air Quality reference collection includes review articles, primary research, and reports related to indoor air quality’s effect on productivity and physiological health.

References

I. Review Articles

  • Bernstein, Jonathan A., Neil Alexis, Hyacinth Bacchus, I. Leonard Bernstein, Pat Fritz, Elliot Horner, Ning Li et al. “The health effects of nonindustrial indoor air pollution.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 121, no. 3 (2008): 585-591.
  • Burge, P. S. “Sick building syndrome.” Occupational and environmental medicine 61, no. 2 (2004): 185-190.
  • Cedeño-Laurent, J. G., A. Williams, P. MacNaughton, X. Cao, E. Eitland, J. Spengler, and J. Allen. “Building evidence for health: green buildings, current science, and future challenges.” Annual Review of Public Health 39 (2018): 291-308.
  • Clements-Croome, Derek J. “Work performance, productivity and indoor air.” Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health Supplement (2008): 69-78.
  • Fisk, William J., Wanyu R. Chan, and Alexandra L. Johnson. “Does dampness and mold in schools affect health? Results of a meta‐analysis.” Indoor air 29, no. 6 (2019): 895-902.</li
  • Fisk, William J. “The ventilation problem in schools: literature review.” Indoor Air 27, no. 6 (2017): 1039-1051.
  • Fisk, William J., and Anibal T. De Almeida. “Sensor-based demand-controlled ventilation: a review.” Energy and buildings 29, no. 1 (1998): 35-45.
  • Gerardi, Daniel A. “Building-related illness.” Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 17, no. 6 (2010): 276-281.
  • Heerwagen, Judith. “Green buildings, organizational success and occupant productivity.” Building Research & Information 28, no. 5-6 (2000): 353-367.
  • Laumbach, Robert J., and Howard M. Kipen. “Acute effects of motor vehicle traffic-related air pollution exposures on measures of oxidative stress in human airways.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1203 (2010): 107.
  • Li, Yiping, Gabriel M. Leung, J. W. Tang, Xiaozhan Yang, C. Y. Chao, John Zhang Lin, J. W. Lu et al. “Role of ventilation in airborne transmission of infectious agents in the built environment-a multidisciplinary systematic review.” Indoor air 17, no. 1 (2007): 2-18.
  • Lin, Xingbin, Josephine Lau, and Grenville K. Yuill. “Evaluation on the Validity of the Assumptions Underlying CO 2-Based Demand-Controlled Ventilation by a Literature Review.” ASHRAE Transactions 120, no. 1 (2014).
  • Miller, Norm, Dave Pogue, Quiana Gough, and Susan Davis. “Green buildings and productivity.” Journal of Sustainable Real Estate 1, no. 1 (2009): 65-89.
  • OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Preventing Mold Related Problems in the Indoor Workplace.” US Department of Labor. (2006).
  • Seppänen, O. A., W. J. Fisk, and M. J. Mendell. “Association of ventilation rates and CO2 concentrations with health andother responses in commercial and institutional buildings.” Indoor air 9, no. 4 (1999): 226-252.
  • Seppanen, Olli, William J. Fisk, and Q. H. Lei. “Ventilation and Work Performance in Office Work.” (2005).
  • Sundell, Jan, Hal Levin, William W. Nazaroff, William S. Cain, William J. Fisk, David T. Grimsrud, F. Gyntelberg et al. “Ventilation rates and health: multidisciplinary review of the scientific literature.” Indoor air 21, no. 3 (2011): 191-204.
  • Tarantini, Mariantonietta, Giovanni Pernigotto, and Andrea Gasparella. “A co-citation analysis on thermal comfort and productivity aspects in production and office buildings.” Buildings 7, no. 2 (2017): 36.
  • Wallingford, K. M. “NIOSH Indoor Air Quality Investigations in Non-industrial Workplaces: An Update.” Internal NIOSH report. (1986).
  • Wargocki, Pawel, David P. Wyon, and P. Ole Fanger. “Productivity is affected by the air quality in offices.” In Proceedings of Healthy Buildings, vol. 1, no. 1 (2000): 635-40.
  • WSU Energy Program Report. “Measuring Carbon Dioxide Inside Buildings – Why is it Important?” Washington State University. (2013).

II. Primary Research

  • Allen, Joseph G., Piers MacNaughton, Usha Satish, Suresh Santanam, Jose Vallarino, and John D. Spengler. “Associations of cognitive function scores with carbon dioxide, ventilation, and volatile organic compound exposures in office workers: a controlled exposure study of green and conventional office environments.” Environmental health perspectives 124, no. 6 (2016): 805-812.
  • Apte, Michael G. “Associations between indoor CO2 concentrations and sick building syndrome symptoms in US office buildings: an analysis of the 1994-1996 BASE study data.” Indoor air 10, no. 4 (2000).
  • Barolin, Austin, Travis English et al. “Advanced HVAC Technology Demonstration Project to Reduce Natural Gas Use in Hospitals.” California Energy Comission (2020).
  • Bahnfleth, William, Lidia Morawska, Julian W. Tang, Philomena M. Bluyssen, Atze Boerstra, Giorgio Buonanno, Junji Cao et al. “How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?.” (2020).
  • Corsi, R. L., V. M. Torres, M. Sanders, and K. A. Kinney. “Carbon dioxide levels and dynamics in elementary schools: results of the TESIAS Study.” Indoor Air 2 (2002): 74-79.
  • Dorizas, Paraskevi Vivian, Margarita-Niki Assimakopoulos, and Mattheos Santamouris. “A holistic approach for the assessment of the indoor environmental quality, student productivity, and energy consumption in primary schools.” Environmental monitoring and assessment 187, no. 5 (2015): 259.
  • Fisk, William J., Seppanen, Olli, and David Faulkner. “Control of temperature for health and productivity in offices.” (2004).
  • Gauderman, W. James, Edward Avol, Fred Lurmann, Nino Kuenzli, Frank Gilliland, John Peters, and Rob McConnell. “Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide.” Epidemiology (2005): 737-743.
  • Kajtár, László, and Levente Herczeg. “Influence of carbon-dioxide concentration on human well-being and intensity of mental work.” QJ Hung. Meteorol. Serv 116 (2012): 145-169.
  • Lanphear, Bruce P., C. Andrew Aligne, Peggy Auinger, Michael Weitzman, and Robert S. Byrd. “Residential exposures associated with asthma in US children.” Pediatrics 107, no. 3 (2001): 505-511.
  • Laski, Jonathan. “Doing Right by Planet and People: The Business Case for Health and Wellbeing in Green Building.” World Green Building Council (2018).
  • Maddalena, R., M. J. Mendell, K. Eliseeva, W. R. Chan, D. P. Sullivan, M. Russell, U. Satish, and W. J. Fisk. “Effects of ventilation rate per person and per floor area on perceived air quality, sick building syndrome symptoms, and decision‐making.” Indoor air 25, no. 4 (2015): 362-370.
  • MacNaughton, Piers, James Pegues, Usha Satish, Suresh Santanam, John Spengler, and Joseph Allen. “Economic, environmental and health implications of enhanced ventilation in office buildings.” International journal of environmental research and public health 12, no. 11 (2015): 14709-14722.
  • Maula, H., V. Hongisto, V. Naatula, A. Haapakangas, and H. Koskela. “The effect of low ventilation rate with elevated bioeffluent concentration on work performance, perceived indoor air quality, and health symptoms.” Indoor Air 27, no. 6 (2017): 1141-1153.
  • Mendell, Mark J., Quanhong Lei, M. G. Apte, and William J. Fisk. “Outdoor air ventilation and work-related symptoms in US office buildings-results from the BASE study.” (2005).
  • Mendell, Mark J., Ekaterina A. Eliseeva, Molly M. Davies, Michael Spears, Agnes Lobscheid, William J. Fisk, and Michael G. Apte. “Association of classroom ventilation with reduced illness absence: a prospective study in California elementary schools.” Indoor air 23, no. 6 (2013): 515-528.
  • Milton, Donald. “Risk of sick leave associated with outdoor air supply rate, humidification, and occupant complaints.” Indoor air 10 (2000): 212-221.
  • Mumma, Stanley, Jeong, Jae-Weon, and William P. Bahnfleth. “Energy conservation benefits of a dedicated outdoor air system with parallel sensible cooling by ceiling radiant panels.” ASHRAE Transactions 109 (2003): 627.
  • Myatt, Theodore A., John Staudenmayer, Kate Adams, Michael Walters, Stephen N. Rudnick, and Donald K. Milton. “A study of indoor carbon dioxide levels and sick leave among office workers.” Environmental Health 1, no. 1 (2002): 3.
  • Nurmagambetov, Tursynbek, Robin Kuwahara, and Paul Garbe. “The economic burden of asthma in the United States, 2008–2013.” Annals of the American Thoracic Society 15, no. 3 (2018): 348-356.
  • Roy, Angkana, Perry Sheffield, Kendrew Wong, and Leonardo Trasande. “The effects of outdoor air pollutants on the costs of pediatric asthma hospitalizations in the United States, 1999-2007.” Medical care 49, no. 9 (2011): 810.
  • Satish, Usha, Mark J. Mendell, Krishnamurthy Shekhar, Toshifumi Hotchi, Douglas Sullivan, Siegfried Streufert, and William J. Fisk. “Is CO2 an indoor pollutant? Direct effects of low-to-moderate CO2 concentrations on human decision-making performance.” Environmental health perspectives 120, no. 12 (2012): 1671-1677.
  • Shan, Xin, Jin Zhou, Victor W-C. Chang, and En-Hua Yang. “Comparing mixing and displacement ventilation in tutorial rooms: Students’ thermal comfort, sick building syndromes, and short-term performance.” Building and Environment 102 (2016): 128-137.
  • Shendell, Derek G., William J. Fisk, Michael G. Apte, and David Faulkner. “Associations between classroom CO2 concentrations and student attendance in Washington and Idaho.” (2012).
  • Takaro, Tim K., James Krieger, Lin Song, Denise Sharify, and Nancy Beaudet. “The Breathe-Easy Home: the impact of asthma-friendly home construction on clinical outcomes and trigger exposure.” American Journal of Public Health 101, no. 1 (2011): 55-62.
  • Vehviläinen, Tommi, Harri Lindholm, Hannu Rintamäki, Rauno Pääkkönen, Ari Hirvonen, Olli Niemi, and Juha Vinha. “High indoor CO2 concentrations in an office environment increases the transcutaneous CO2 level and sleepiness during cognitive e work.” Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene 13, no. 1 (2016): 19-29.
  • Wargocki, Pawel, Jan Sundell, W. Bischof, G. Brundrett, Povl Ole Fanger, F. Gyntelberg, S. O. Hanssen et al. “Ventilation and health in non-industrial indoor environments: report from a European Multidisciplinary Scientific Consensus Meeting (EUROVEN).” Indoor air 12, no. 2 (2002): 113-128.
  • Wyon, David P. “The effects of indoor air quality on performance and productivity.” Indoor air 14, no. 1 (2004): 92-101.
  • Zhang, Xiaojing, Pawel Wargocki, and Zhiwei Lian. “Human responses to carbon dioxide, a follow-up study at recommended exposure limits in non-industrial environments.” Building and Environment 100 (2016): 162-171.
  • Zhang, Xiaojing, Pawel Wargocki, Zhiwei Lian, and Camilla Thyregod. “Effects of exposure to carbon dioxide and bioeffluents on perceived air quality, self‐assessed acute health symptoms, and cognitive performance.” Indoor air 27, no. 1 (2017): 47-64.

III. Other

  • AAFA (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America). “Asthma Facts and Figures.” Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. https://www.aafa.org/asthma-facts (2020).
  • ANSI/ASHRAE 62.-2019. “Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality.” American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. https://ashrae.iwrapper.com/ViewOnline/Standard_62.1-2019 (2020).
  • ASTM-D6245. “Standard Guide for Using Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentrations to Evaluate Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation.” Compass ASTM (2018).
  • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). “Report on the Environment – Indoor Air Quality.” Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.epa.gov/report-environment/indoor-air-quality (2020).
  • ESRL (Earth System Research Laboratories). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ (2020).
  • WDHS (Wisconsin Department of Health Services). “Carbon Dioxide.” Wisconsin Department of Health Services. https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/chemical/carbondioxide.htm (2020).