“California Healthy Building Survey”

SAN DIEGO - Findings of a University of California survey of 12 office buildings in search of information about "sick building syndrome" (SBS) were summarized in Indoor Air Review. Some buildings were mechanically ventilated via HVAC systems and some had natural ventilation. Smoking was prohibited or restricted in all of them.In six of the buildings, as much as 70 to 90% of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the inside air came from outside as motor vehicle emissions. Fumes from dry cleaning pla