Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings : : An Assessment of Health Risk Factors.

• Author: Dovjak, Mateja.
• TeilnehmendeR: Kukec, Andreja.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; Ã2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (173 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contribution of Reviewers
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
• Abstract
• 1.1 Characteristics of Built Environments
• 1.2 A Historical Background of the Built Environment
• 1.3 Morphology of Engineering Design of Built Environments
• 1.4 Legal Framework
• 1.4.1 Legal Framework Towards Energy Efficiency
• 1.4.2 Legal Framework Towards a Healthy Environment
• 1.5 Relevant Problems in the Built Environment, User Complaints
• 1.6 Most Common Problems in the Built Environment-Epidemiological Data
• 1.7 Main Objectives of Planning
• References
• 2 Health Outcomes Related to Built Environments
• Abstract
• 2.1 Healthy Versus Unhealthy Buildings
• 2.2 Comfortable Versus Uncomfortable Conditions
• 2.2.1 Satisfaction of Human Needs in the Built Environment and the Process of Homeostasis
• 2.2.2 Overall Comfort
• 2.2.3 Thermal Comfort
• 2.3 Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings
• 2.3.1 Sustainable, Eco-friendly, Green and Low Carbon Buildings
• 2.4 Health Effects in the Built Environment
• 2.4.1 Sick Building Syndrome Versus Building-Related Illness
• 2.5 Health Outcomes Related to Unhealthy Built Environments
• 2.5.1 Building Dampness
• 2.5.2 Uncomfortable Thermal Environment
• 2.5.3 Poor Indoor Air Quality
• 2.5.4 Excessive Noise
• 2.5.5 Lack of Daylight
• 2.6 Population Groups and Priority Environments
• References
• 3 Identification of Health Risk Factors and Their Parameters
• Abstract
• 3.1 Determinants of Health, Health Risk, and Health Hazard Factors
• 3.2 Identification and Classification of Health Risk Factors in Built Environments and Their Parameters
• 3.3 Association Between Potential Health Outcomes and Physical Health Risk Factors in Built Environments
• 3.4 Association Between Potential Health Outcomes and Chemical Health Risk Factors in Built Environments.
• 3.5 Association Between Potential Health Outcomes and Biological Health Risk Factors in Built Environments
• 3.6 Association Between Potential Health Outcomes and Psychosocial Health Risk Factors in Built Environments
• 3.7 Association Between Potential Health Outcomes and Other Factors in Built Environments
• References
• 4 Interactions Among Health Risk Factors and Decision-Making Process in the Design of Built Environments
• Abstract
• 4.1 Health Risk and Management Assessment Model in Built Environments
• 4.2 Single-Group Interactions
• 4.2.1 Physical-Physical Interactions
• 4.2.2 Chemical-Chemical Interactions
• 4.2.3 Chemical-Physical Interactions
• 4.2.4 Chemical-Biological Interactions
• 4.2.5 Biological-Biological Interactions
• 4.2.6 Biological-Physical Interactions
• 4.2.7 Personal-Physical Interactions
• 4.2.8 Personal-Chemical Interactions
• 4.2.9 Interactions Between Other Health Risk Factors and Their Parameters
• 4.3 Multi-group Interactions
• 4.4 Decision-Making Tool in the Design of Built Environments
• 4.5 Short-Term and Long-Term Benefits of Holistic Design
• References
• Index.