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Air Quality and Human Health

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This chapter deals with both the indoor and outdoor air quality of buildings and their effect on the health of the occupants. This is an important topic for sustainability of urban areas and buildings because of the long lifetime of buildings and the large amount of time that people spend inside buildings and in urban areas. Sources and parameters affecting the indoor and outdoor air quality are discussed. Other indoor environmental aspects such as thermal comfort, noise and lighting are also addressed briefly. Then, the effects of these parameters and aspects on the health and comfort of the occupants are described. Finally, guidelines are given for designing buildings with high indoor air quality and for solving existing problems with poor air quality and health complaints.

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  1. OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, 5030, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands

    Arjen Meijer

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  1. Faculty of Technology, Policy and Manage, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

    Ellen van Bueren

  2. Schipluiden, Netherlands

    Hein van Bohemen

  3. OTB Research Institute for the Built Env, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

    Laure Itard

  4. OTB Research Institute for the Built Env, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

    Henk Visscher

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Meijer, A. (2012). Air Quality and Human Health. In: van Bueren, E., van Bohemen, H., Itard, L., Visscher, H. (eds) Sustainable Urban Environments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1294-2_7

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