Topic : INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS AND HEALTH
Presented by Professor Jan Sundell
International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy Technical University of Denmark
Date: 23rd August 2005, Tuesday
Time : 7.00 pm to 10.00 pm
Venue : LR425, Level 4, SDE3
Address : School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566
Tel: 6874 4836
Contact person : Ms Christabel Toh
Email: bdgtohcl@nus.edu.sg
Closing Date: 18 August 2005
Registered ASHRAE Singapore Chapter members : Free of charge
Other Guests: $15.00
Programme
Registration: between 6.45 & 7.15 pm outside LR425
Buffet dinner : 7.15 to 8.00 pm
Technical Talk : 8.00 to 10.00 pm (Presentation : 1 hr 30 mins; Q&A : 30 mins)
Professional Engineers Board PDU points : 2
Asbtract
An overview will be given regarding the history of human health and indoor environmental exposures. The problems today regarding such exposures and health will then be discussed with a focus on allergies and Sick Building Syndrome symptoms. During the last 7 years Nordic and European multidisciplinary scientific State-of-the-Art reviews have been conducted regarding issues of large public health concern. Results will be presented on TVOC-Health, Pets-Allergies, Dampness-Health, Particles in indoor air – Health, Breastfeeding-Allergies, and Ventilation-Health. As a result of the reviews a large epidemiological study on “Dampness in buildings and health”, DBH, was started. Step 1 was a cross-sectional questionnaire study on all children 1-6 years of age in a county in Sweden, with questions on the home environment and health. Step 2 is a casecontrol study on 200 symptomatic children (eczema, rhinitis, asthma), and 200 healthy children. Extensive exposure measurements and clinical investigations were performed. Results related to the role of indoor environmental exposures will be presented. Among the topics are the role of phthalates, building ventilation, and pet exposure for allergies among children.
About Professor Jan Sundell
Professor Jan Sundell is an environmental scientist, from Sweden, with a unique background in both engineering (M.Sc.Eng) and medicine (Dr.Med.Sc.). Before going into science he was responsible for building codes, and occupational health legislation in Sweden and the Nordic countries. He was the main author of a model building code for ventilation in homes for UN. He has conducted several large multi-disciplinary studies on associations between indoor environmental factors and health. His efforts have focused on ventilation, the causes of sick building syndrome, and for the increase in allergies/asthma. He has led numerous European multi-disciplinary reviews of the total scientific literature with regard to indoor climate and health. He has served on the Board of Directors of The International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), is Vice President of The International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the most prestigious scientific journal within the field of "Indoor Air." Within ASHRAE he is a member of SSPC 62.1, the Environmental Health Committee, and is the chair of EHC Subcommittee for Research.
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