Building occupancy

Install flammable/toxic detection systems in buildings with alarms to warn building occupants of hazardous accumulations... 

Pathways one or more pollutant pathways connect the pollutant source to the occupants and a driving force exists to move pollutants along the pathway(s). Occupants building occupants are present. 

Oversee activities of staff, tenants, contractors, and other building occupants that impact indoor air quality smoking, housekeeping, building maintenance, shipping and receiving, pest control, food preparation, and other special uses. 

Notify the building occupants of the upcoming investigation Tell them what it means and what to expect. 

Evaluate airflow patterns into and within the complaint area. Because of the complexity and variability of airflow patterns, investigators cannot be expected to understand how air moves within the building under all potential operating conditions. However, data on pathways and driving forces can help to locate potential pollutant sources and to understand how contaminants are transported to building occupants. The discovery of unexpected pollutant pathways can show a need to study areas of the building that may be distant from the original complaint area. 

The conditions experienced by building occupants are best simulated by sampling air from the "breathing zone " away from the influence of any particular individual. However, if an individual sits at a desk all day (except for brief periods), samplers placed on the desk when the individual is elsewhere can provide a good estimate of that person s exposure. 

Sick Building Syndrome Term that refers to a set of symptoms that affect some number of building occupants during the time they spend in the building and diminish or go away during periods when they leave the building. Cannot be traced... 

As the science of indoor air quality has matured, indoor air professionals have realized that many indoor air contaminants and the associated health effects are linked to specific types of buildings and their characteristics. For example, radon is primarily an indoor air concern in homes because of the ease with which it can be transported inside residential construction from the soil beneath. On the other hand. Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) primarily afflicts office building occupants who experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a specific building. 

Occupancy. In the scope of energy management in buildings, occupancy is an important parameter. 

Extensive available level sites have sometimes previously accommodated gas works, chemical works, munitions factories, or industrial or domestic refuse tips. These sites require special consideration as regards protection of the stmcture to be built, the constmction workforce and the building occupants. 

For accidents affecting process plant buildings, the potential for serious or fatal injury to building occupants is the foremost concern. Additionally, in cases where buildings house critical controls or equipment, proper design and siting may also help reduce indirect safety impacts (e.g., due to loss of process control), as well as business interruption costs and property loss from such events. 

Process plant buildings can be subjected to a range of impacts, depending upon the type of building construction, the location, the process conditions, and the materials being handled. From a risk standpoint, the more favorable situation is where the building locations and types of construction are such that no injury to building occupants could occur as a result of a plausible or reasonably believable event. The less favorable situation is one... 

Through applying occupancy or functional criteria of concern Building occupancy Building function criteria... 

A concern was raised about potential impacts to the building occupants from an explosion or tank fire resulting from a Class 1B flammable liquid spill within the tank dike. There was also a concern about a potential tank explosion. 

Peak Side-on Overpressure, psi (bar) Consequences to Buildings Possible Building Occupant Injury Consequences... 

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