The Relationship Between Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) in Industrial Building
Arie Dipareza Syafei, Athalia Salsabila Budiyanto, Fathiah Mohamed Zuki, Joni Hermana, Abdu Fadli Assomadi

Department of Environmental Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia and Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

Human activities that were done inside a building appear to be affecting the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in many aspects. Health problems may occur due to a poor IAQ, which results in Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). The main objectives of this research are to identify the effect of indoor air quality associated with sick building syndrome in PT XYZ, compare the IAQ parameters obtained to the regulation of air quality standards, and investigate the appropriate control measures. A cross-sectional method is conducted on 79 respondents of employees to investigate the correlation between SBS occurrence and IAQ parameters. The data sampling collection is conducted by using IQAir Visual Pro and lux meter. The result shows that the PM2.5 concentration, temperature, and CO2 concentration in three sessions are complying with the quality standard, while humidity and lighting do not comply. Furthermore, it shows an insignificant correlation between IAQ parameters and SBS in the midday and afternoon, but a significant correlation on PM2.5 and CO2 concentration in the morning with the respective significance value of 0.003 and 0.039 (p<0.05). It is figured that disease history, research limitation, and other IAQ parameters aspects are confounders in analysing the correlation between IAQ and SBS occurrence.

Keywords: Air Quality Standard, Indoor Air Quality, Lux Meter, Sick Building Syndrome

Topic: Green Infrastructure