Indoor Air Quality Handbook [Hardcover]

John D. Spengler (Author), John F. McCarthy (Author), Jonathan M. Samet (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0074455494 | ISBN-13: 978-0074455494 | Publication Date: December 19, 2000 | Edition: 1

* Tackles the complex environmental issue of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for industrial hygienists, HVAC engineers, architects and anyone else concerned with the air quality of interiors
* Infused with charts, tables, and all the major formulas and calculations necessary to monitor and characterize a particular environment
* Includes all relevant codes, standards and guidelines

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THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY AVAILABLE

This handbook brings you solutions to virtually any problem in the field. Leading U.S. and international experts help you to create and maintain safe and healthy environments in structures from hospitals to residences, and handle a range of questions from health and comfort effects and physiologic thresholds to ventilation measurement and employee programs. For answers on instrumentation, contaminants, codes, and guidelines—for the solutions you need to assess, design, and maintain healthy and productive indoor environments, Indoor Air Quality Handbook is the one source to have.

Assess Indoor Air Quality Complaints-Evaluation Methods-Risk Management and Communication Strategies-Critical Review of Sick Building Investigations -Indoor Concentration Data for Microbiologicals, Chemical Compounds, Particles, and Fibers
*Understand Critical Issues-Health and Productivity Costs of Poor IAQ-Filtration, Air Cleaning, and the New ASHRAE Standards

Design Healthy, Comfortable, and Functional Buildings-Application of Models and Advanced Techniques-Commissioning Buildings to Perform as Designed-IAQ in Schools, Hospitals, Sports Facilities, Office Buildings Apartments, and Transportation Vehicles

About the Author

John D. Spengler, Ph. D., is Director of Environmental Science and Engineering at Harvard University. A pioneer in the early efforts to establish indoor air quality as an important area of health concerns in the United States, he has expertise in instrumentation, risk assessment, hazard communication, and exposure assessment. John F. McCarthy, Sc.D., is president of Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc., of Newton, Massachusetts, a company that has investigated air quality in more than 1600 buildings since 1988. Dr. McCarthy is an expert in the assessment of complex pollutant exposures, use of biological markers in assessment, aerosol technology, control of toxic air pollutants, the development of health and safety programs and building commissioning. Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., M.S., is chairman of the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. A pulmonary physician and epidemiologist, he is an expert on the health effects of pollutants in indoor and outdoor environments and on environmental risk assessment.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1488 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (December 19, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0074455494
• ISBN-13: 978-0074455494
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,093,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Includes just about everything you need to know., August 30, 2008

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This review is from: Indoor Air Quality Handbook (Hardcover)

This book includes just about everything that you would need to know about Indoor Air Quality and the anaylsis of it. It's a really big book and to date I don't believe there is another book that can compare to the scope and detail that this book supplies. If you're looking for a general review of the subject, this is not the book for you. If you're in that business and you really need to know your stuff, then this book is the one to buy.