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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2005. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings: Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11233.
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IMPLEMENTING HEALTH-PROTECTIVE FEATURES AND PRACTICES IN BUILDINGS

WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2005. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings: Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11233.
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NOTICE

The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of the FFC is to promote continuing cooperation among the sponsoring Federal agencies and between the agencies and other elements of the building community in order to advance building science and technology—particularly with regard to the design, construction, acquisition, evaluation, and operation of Federal facilities. The sponsor agencies are the:

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard

Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer

Department of the Army, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management

Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers

Department of Commerce, Office of Real Estate

Department of Defense, Defense Facilities Directorate

Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration

Department of Energy, Office of Engineering and Construction Management

Department of Energy, Office of Science

Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection

Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Administration

Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard

Department of the Interior, Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety

Department of Justice, Facilities and Administrative Services

Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Facilities Management

Architect of the Capitol

Environmental Protection Agency

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities Engineering and Real Property Division

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory

National Science Foundation

Smithsonian Institution, Facilities Engineering and Operations

U.S. Postal Service, Engineering Division

As part of its activities, the FFC periodically publishes reports that have been prepared by committees of government employees. Because these committees are not appointed by the NRC, they do not make recommendations, and their reports are considered FFC publications rather than NRC publications.

For additional information on the FFC program and its reports, visit the Web site at www.nationalacademies.org/ffc; write to Director, Federal Facilities Council, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 944, Washington, DC 20001; or call 202-334-3374.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2005. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings: Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11233.
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FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL

Lt. Gen. Henry J. Hatch, Chair, P.E.,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Retired)

William W. Brubaker, Vice Chair,

Facilities Engineering and Operations, Smithsonian Institution

Patrick Barry, P.E.,

Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture

Tony Clifford,

Division of Engineering Services, National Institutes of Health

Will Colston,

Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, Department of State

Capt. José Cuzme, P.E.,

Division of Facilities Planning and Construction, Indian Health Service

Jesus de la Garza, Ph.D.,

Division of Civil and Hazard Mitigation, National Science Foundation

David Eakin, P.E.,

Office of the Chief Architect, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Ramon Garcia,

Facilities Engineering Division, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

James Hill, Ph.D.,

Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Eugene Hubbard, P.E.,

Facilities Engineering and Real Property Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Michael Kastle, P.E.,

Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety, U.S. Department of the Interior

Ben Lawless,

Facilities Division, Air National Guard Readiness Center

Raymond Lynn,

Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Capt. Jay Manik, Commandant,

U.S. Coast Guard

Robert L. Neary, Jr.,

Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs

John Nerger, Facilities and Housing Directorate, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management,

U.S. Department of the Army

Ralph Newton, Defense Facilities Directorate,

Department of Defense

Dale Olson,

Office of the Civil Engineer, U.S. Air Force

Wade Raines,

Engineering Division, U.S. Postal Service

James Rispoli,

Office of Engineering and Construction Management, Department of Energy

Bruce Scott,

National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy

Stan Walker,

Shore Facilities Capital Asset Management, U.S. Coast Guard

Jim Woods,

Office of Real Estate, Department of Commerce

James Wright, Chief Engineer,

Naval Facilities Engineering Command, U.S. Navy

John Yates,

Office of Science, Department of Energy

Staff

Lynda Stanley, Director,

Federal Facilities Council

Richard Little, Director,

Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2005. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings: Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11233.
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BOARD ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENT

Paul Gilbert, Chair,

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade, & Douglas, Seattle, Washington

Massoud Amin,

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Rachel Davidson,

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Reginald Desroches,

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Dennis Dunne,

California Department of General Services (Retired), Sacramento

Paul Fisette,

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Lucia Garsys,

Hillsborough County, Florida

William H. Hansmire,

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade, & Douglas, San Francisco, California

Henry J. Hatch,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Retired), Oakton, Virginia

Amy Helling,

Georgia State University, Atlanta

Theodore Kennedy,

BE&K Engineers, Birmingham, Alabama

Sue McNeil,

University of Illinois, Chicago

Derek Parker,

Anshen+Allen, San Francisco, California

Henry G. Schwartz, Jr.,

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

David Skiven,

General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Michael Stegman,

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

William Wallace,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Craig Zimring,

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

Staff

Richard Little, Director,

Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment

Lynda Stanley, Director,

Federal Facilities Council

Michael Cohn, Program Officer

Dana Caines, Financial Associate

Pat Williams, Senior Project Assistant

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2005. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings: Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11233.
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Acknowledgments

The Federal Facilities Council thanks the workshop participants for giving generously of their time and for sharing their expertise, views, and opinions through briefings and discussions. Mr. Bill Brodt of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Mr. Richard McCrone of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. James Woods of the Building Diagnostics Research Institute, Dr. Craig Zimring of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Mr. Derek Parker of Anshen+Allen, and Mr. Dennis Dunne of the California Department of General Services (retired) deserve special recognition for their efforts in planning, organizing, and bringing the workshop to fruition.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2005. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings: Workshop Proceedings: Federal Facilities Council Technical Report #148. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11233.
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Contents

 

 

Executive Summary

 

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Workshop Summary

 

7

   

 Definitions, Standards, and Metrics for Indoor Environmental Quality,

 

8

   

 State of Knowledge: What Do We Know About How Building Design and Operations Affect the Health of Nonindustrial Indoor Workers, Hospital Patients, Students, and Others?,

 

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 Barriers to Knowledge Dissemination: Why Do Organizations Fail to Implement Building Features and Practices That Have Been Shown to Improve Indoor Environmental Quality?,

 

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 Methods for Improving Knowledge Dissemination: What Methods, Strategies, and Practices Could Be Used to Overcome Barriers to Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings?,

 

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 Practical Actions That Could Be Implemented by Those in the Building, Health Care, and Other Industries to Improve Indoor Environmental Quality,

 

13

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Indoor Environments and Occupants’ Health: What Do We Know?

 

15

   

 What Do We Know About the Relationship of IEQ to the Health of Building Occupants? How Certain Are We of These Relationships, That Is, What Is the Source of This Knowledge?,

 

15

   

 About the Presenter,

 

20

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Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings

 

21

   

 Introduction and Problem Statement,

 

21

   

 Current State of Knowledge About Building Systems and Environmental Controls,

 

28

   

 Barriers to Improved Building Performance,

 

33

   

 About the Presenter,

 

35

   

 References,

 

36

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Lighting: Research and Findings

 

39

   

 About the Presenter,

 

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Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is influenced by building design; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems; and construction materials, as well as by building operations, maintenance, and housekeeping procedures. Increasing evidence suggests that adverse health outcomes in employees, students, hospital patients, and others are linked to the presence of indoor pollutants and other aspects of poor-quality indoor environments. Implementing Health-Protective Features and Practices in Buildings explores this issue and discusses ongoing research and possible strategies for implementing changes in standards and practices for indoor environmental quality.

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