HVAC Characteristics And Occupant Health

Recently, increasing health complaints among workers in indoor, nonindustrial environments have prompted research to identify factors associated with these complaints. This article summarizes a study,^1,2 based on surveys including 2,435 workers in 80 office buildings, of the associations between HVAC design and maintenance characteristics or building maintenance characteristics and work-related lower respiratory symptoms, allergic symptoms, and asthma development.