Sick building syndrome : challenges and opportunities

Case studies of three office buildings were undertaken in order to determine whether the phenomenon known as 'sick building syndrome' (SBS) creates a lasting economic stigma after a proven or alleged SBS problem is corrected, and whether undertaking preventive measures against factors known to cause SBS at the development stage is a prudent investment of additional resources.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Dorn, Ross D. (Ross Dickinson), 1967-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lawrence S. Bacow.

• Architecture

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65711

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/65711