Managing indoor air quality / H.E. Burroughs, Shirley J. Hansen.

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Indoor air quality: an overview-where are we? -- Indoor air quality in retrospect: how did we get here? -- Classifying indoor air problems: what kind and how big a problem do we have? -- Investigating indoor air quality problems: how to find out what went wrong -- Controlling indoor air problems: how to keep the building working well -- The thermal environment: an internal habitat -- HVAC: the heart of the system -- Filtration: understanding an underutilized asset -- Building security and safety: readying your building for "extraordinary" environmental stress -- Operations & maintenance: an ounce of prevention -- Management procedures: the soft side of IAQ success -- What "they" say from whence does my help cometh?

Finding solutions to indoor air quality problems is often a complex, multifaceted endeavor. This practical desk reference serve as a guide and information resource ' both on treating existing indoor air problems effectively ' and on preventing costly IAQ problems from occurring in the first place. A single discipline approach unfortunately tends to narrow both the control and the treatments options. This book cuts across professions to offer those concerned with the total facility a broader, more comprehensive approach..