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Research in policy and practice · No. 38 · 2019
Professor Amir’s building-health paper in a natural-ventilation design reference
Ivan Oropeza-Perez · Universidad de las Américas Puebla · IntechOpen
- Role
- Residential-design learning evidence
- Host
- Ivan Oropeza-Perez · Universidad de las Américas Puebla · IntechOpen
- Publication
- Fundamentals of Natural Ventilation Design within Dwellings · Different Strategies of Housing Design
- Contribution
- Residential-design learning evidence
- Evidence
- 6 March 2019 · Section 1 · Reference 4
Research reaching practice
A natural-ventilation design chapter uses Professor Amir’s sick-building review when explaining the health rationale for better residential ventilation.
How the research was used
The introductory discussion cites Professor Amir’s paper for the health symptoms associated with poor indoor conditions. Later sections discuss early design choices and occupant behaviour, placing that health evidence within an educational resource for dwelling design.
The documented contribution
6 March 2019 · Section 1 · Reference 4. Design education and health rationale. The chapter’s equations, dimensional proposals and any implemented construction are not attributed to Professor Amir.
Research and coauthor credit
Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough? — Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini; Husam AlWaer; Hossein Omrany; Ali Ghaffarianhoseini; Chaham Alalouch; Derek Clements-Croome; John Tookey. DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2018.1461060
