396 Energy Project Financing: Resources and Strategies for Success
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Purpose
3 How to Use
4 General Introduction to Indoor Environmental Quality
4.1 Important Energy-Related IEQ Parameters
4.2 Indoor Thermal Conditions
4.3 Indoor Lighting
4.4 Indoor Pollutants, Their Sources, and Health Effects
4.5 Controlling Indoor Pollutant Concentrations
4.5.1 Pollutant Sources
4.5.2 Ventilation
4.5.3 Pressure Control
4.5.4 Air Cleaning
4.5.5 Natural Pollutant Removal Processes
4.5.6 Air Recirculation and Air Flow Patterns
4.5.7 Maintenance, Cleaning, and Commissioning
4.6 Acute Non-Specific Health Symptoms and
Building Related Illness
4.6.1 Non-Specific Health Symptoms
4.6.2 Building-Related Illness
4.7 Sensitive Populations
4.8 Standards, Codes and Guidelines for Ventilation and Indoor
Environmental Quality
4.9 Relationship of IEQ to Productivity
5 Best Practices for Maintaining IEQ
5.1 Maintaining Good Indoor Air Quality
5.1.1 Limiting Pollutant Emissions from Indoor Sources
5.1.2 Assuring Adequate Quality of Intake Air
5.1.3 Maintain Minimum Ventilation Rates
5.1.4 Recirculation of Indoor Air
5.1.5 Maintenance of the HVAC System
5.1.6 Integrated Approach to IEQ
5.2 IEQ Management Plans and Related Programs
6 Linkages Between Energy Conservation Measures and IEQ
7 Influence of Energy Conservation Measures on IEQ in
Specific Buildings
7.1 Background
7.2 Identifying the Probable IEQ Outcomes and Predicting
Their Magnitude