Seminar 1 -- I've Met All the Standards and People are Still Complaining: Now What Do I Do? PDF

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It may not be enough to meet environmental standards individually. The quality of the environment is driven by interactions among factors that are often considered unrelated. Understanding the interactions of indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal environment, noise and light within the built environment is critical for achieving occupant satisfaction within buildings. For example, humidity has IAQ perception, contaminant control and thermal comfort effects that are covered discretely in ASHRAE Standards 62, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, and 55, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy, but in very different ways. Materials and systems used to address one problem may cause or may help another. This seminar provides examples of interactions and IEQ concerns that arise even when the basic environmental acceptability standards are met.

1. Saving Too Much Energy?
   Mark Jackson, University of Texas - Austin, Austin, TX
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   Chandra Sekhar, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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