Sick bilding symptoms among chidren in private pre-schools in Malaysia: association of different ventilation strategies
The health issues among pupils in pre-schools becomes the popular obsession since they are more vulnerable and some indoor environmental quality (IEQ) would be the reason affecting them. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in buildings is one of the most important factors affecting the physical development...
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Penerbit UKM
2013
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7015/1/76-216-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7015/ http://spaj.ukm.my/jsb/index.php/jbp/index |
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| Summary: | The health issues among pupils in pre-schools becomes the popular obsession since they are more
vulnerable and some indoor environmental quality (IEQ) would be the reason affecting them. Indoor
Air Quality (IAQ) in buildings is one of the most important factors affecting the physical development
of children. The early education is compulsory and escalated numbers of 4-6 years children has
boosted the numbers of private preschool in Malaysia. Frequently it is operate in premises that have
been fully refurbished, whether in housing schemes, commercial buildings or institutional buildings.
This has invited the questions on the building capability to provide a good environment to the children
during the learning activities. Poor indoor air has become a wide-spread problem with serious effects
on children health and their performance. This research focuses on identifying occupant satisfaction
towards IEQ in selected refurbished pre-school or kindergarten buildings. The broad aim of this paper
is to determine SBS among pupils in refurbished private pre-schools with different ventilation
strategies and it association with indoor air quality (IAQ) performance. A few parameters have invited
several health symptoms to the children and it this is importance of taking into consideration to the
owner and policymaker before refurbishing any building into pre-school. |
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