THE EFFECT OF CLIMATIC

ENVIRONMENT AND INDOOR AIR

QUALITY (IAQ) THAT CAUSES SICK
BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS).
GRE 719 BUILDING PERFORMANCE COURSE
SYED FIRDAUS BIN SAYED ROHANI 2017792519
 SCOPE

• SICK BUILDING SYNDROME

• CLIMATIC ENVIRONMENT
• INDOOR AIR QUALITY(IAQ)
• CASE STUDY ON
WISMA KADET@TANJUNG RHU,KDSI 1
• DISCUSSION
• CONCLUSION
 SICK BUILDING SYNDROME
• WHAT IT IS?
• SITUATION IN WHICH BUILDING’S OCCUPANTS EXPERIENCE ACUTE HEALTH-OR COMFORT-
RELATED EFFECTS THAT SEEM TO BE LINKED DIRECTLY TO THE TIME SPENT IN THE BUILDING (JOSHI,
2008)

• MAIN CHARACTERISTIC OF THE SYNDROME

• SYMPTOM GET WORSE WHILE IN THE BUILDING
• RELIEVED ONCE THE OCCUPANT STEPPED OUT OF THE BUILDING
 SICK BUILDING SYMPTOMS

• SYMPTOM
• SENSORIC IRRITATION IN EYES, NOSE OR THROAT
• SKIN IRRITATION
• NEUROTOXIC SYMPTOMS (MENTAL FATIGUE,DROWSINESS ETC.)
• UNSPECIFIED HYPERACTIONS (ASTHMA,RUNNY NOSE ETC)
• ODOUR AND TASTE COMPLAINTS (CHANGE OF SENSITIVITY)
 PRIMARY
BIOLOGICAL CAUSES OF
CONTIMINATION
(MOLD,FUNGAL
ETC) CHEMICAL
CONTIMINATION
–OUTDOOR
DUST,FUME ETC.
FROM OUTSIDE

CHEMICAL
CONTIMINATION –
INDOOR INEDIQUATE
(VOLUTILE ORGANIC VENTILATION
COMPOUND FROM AIR
FRESHENER,CLEANING
(BAD AIR
PRODUCT ETC.) CIRCULATION)
 SICK BUILDING SYNDROME
IMPLICATION
Productivity of
Occupant

Cost and Replacement of

Dramatic Staff
Remedial Work

Worst situation-
DEMOLITION of
Building
 CLIMATIC ENVIRONMENT

• FUNGAL
• 3 PATHOGENETIC MECHANISMS ARE INFECTION, ALLERGY, AND TOXICITY
• FUNGAL ALLERGY IS MANIFESTED AS BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
 INDOOR AIR QUALITY
CHEMICAL
CONTIMINATION

OUTDOOR
INDOOR

Chemical Contimination
Volutile Organic
Compound - Dust,fume Etc. From
Outside
– Air freshener,Cleaning
Product Etc.

Cause Breathing
Problem, Headaches,
Sore Eyes, Nose Enter The Building
Irritation And Others Through Openings -
Windows,door Etc
CASE STUDY ON ''WISMA KADET@TANJUNG RHU'' AT
KDSI 1,TLDM
• ON 12TH MAY 2018,55 GRADUATE OFFICER CADETS WERE REPORTED TO KD SULTAN IDRIS 1
FOR GRADUATE OFFICER QUALIFICATION COURSE INTAKE 26/2018.
• THIER ACCOMODATION IS AT WISMA KADET@TANJUNG RHU.
• CONDITION OF CADET IS IN THE TABLE
 CONT.

Week Cadet condition Action Diagnose

1 2-3 cadets start to have cough • Lack of fluid in body
(Normal condition when training started • No infection
based on previous intake)
2 Half of the numbers were effected by • Upper Respiratory Track
continuous cough and some had fever. Infection(URTI)
• Lack of fluid in body
3 • Number of cadet having cough and Cadets were taken to • URTI
increase Hospital Angkatan • Some cadets were suspected to
• Some of them started to have runny Tentera(HAT) have Tuberculosis(TB)
nose and eyes. for treatment • There were cadets already
• Cadets with fever start to vomit. infected with TB and were
• Most of the cadets suffered headache admitted in HAT
and migraine. • One infected cadet has infection
• Some cadets also start to have rashes. at his heart and was admitted in
Hospital Manjung
 CONT.

• ON JUNE 2018,ALL CADETS WERE THEN TRANSFERED TO WISMA SURIA AS RECOMMENDED BY

DOCTOR.
• IN A MONTH, MOST OF THE CADETS WHO SUFFERED THE SICKNESS HAS RECOVERED
• THEIR PERFORMANCE INCREASED COMPARED DURING THIER ACCOMODATION AT WISMA
KADET@TANJUNG RHU.
• BASED ON INVESTIGATION,
• PIPING FOR DELIVERING THE WATER FROM THE WATER TANK WERE RUSTED
• THE WINDOWS CANNOT BE OPENED BECAUSE OF THE EXISTANCE OF MONKEYS
• THE TEMPRETURE IN THE BUILDING IS CONSTANTLY HIGHER THAN OUTSIDE TEMPRETURE
• CURRENTLY,CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT ARE DOING INVESTIGATION ON THE WATER CONDITION IN THE
TANKS
 DISCUSSION
• THE OCCUPANT PRODUCTIVITY WILL ALWAYS BE EFFECTED BY
THE CONDITION OF THE PLACES.
• THE CHART SHOWS HOW THE WORK PERFORMANCE OF THE
OCCUPANT ARE IMPACTED BY THE SURROUNDING.
• THUS BY PREVENTING THE SICK BUILDING SYNDROME FROM
HAPPEN WILL EVENTUALLY HELP THE OCCUPANT TO MAINTAIN
AND MIGHT HELP IN HELPING TO INCREASE THE
PERFORMANCE
 CONCLUSION

• IMMEDIATE PREVENTION FOR SICK BUILDING SYNDROME

• POLLUTANT SOURCE REMOVAL OR MODIFICATION

• INCREASING VENTILATION RATES

• AIR CLEANING

• EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION