Creating Healthy Workspace: Addressing Sick Building Syndrome in Office Building
Shruti Yadav1 , Prof. Ar. Sachin Paliwal2
School of Architecture, IPS Academy Indore-452012, Madhya Pradesh, India
E-mail – shruti.p.yadav2020@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This paper emphasizes the critical importance of prioritizing health and well-being in human-centered building design, highlighting their direct relationship to productivity. Primarily through exploring the Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) phenomenon in office buildings. SBS comprises multiple elements that may damage the physical health and emotional balance through the understanding of the integral nature of the biological systems of the human body. This study gives an example of an indoor air quality, and it points out a healthy building design as a need in the future of intelligent, smart, and sustainable building concepts. The exposure of occupants to unhealthy indoor conditions indeed to the level of risk of illness of occupants directly affects their overall well-being as well as their performance in work. The article offers a thorough description of SBS consequences that present themselves in numerous ways, and it suggests some less harmful treatments. It emphasises the need to design spaces, in which the health and satisfaction of the residents is given the first priority, and recognizes how the design of spaces significantly influences the individual health and productivity. By adopting a comprehensive literature review, as well as case studies, and other analytical methods, this paper aims to unravel the causes, effects and solutions of SBS through an in-depth study of SBS in office settings. The objective of the study is to provide valuable insights into SBS, proposing strategies for improving the workplace environment. The work will contribute to the development of knowledge about the design of the building and the health of workers.
Keywords – sick building syndrome, symptoms, indoor air quality, productivity, ventilation, technologies.
