Abstract:
The sick building syndrome (SBS) consists of various nonspecific symptoms that occur
in the occupants of a building. Occupants may affect to sick building syndrome
symptom through indoor environmentally from inadequate ventilation, maintenance
performance, lighting, and contaminant in the building. Besides, more recent studies
have focused on the identification of health risk factors in the building and developed
new approach strategies and innovative systems to control and prevention however,
sick building syndrome still occur among the building in Malaysia. The main objective of
this study is to determine the level of Sick Building Syndrome in the building. This
research study used quantitative method which is questionnaire survey to identify the
factor that affects Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) in the building and analyzes the level
of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) in current condition. The structured questionnaire was
distributed to respondents and condition survey was carried out on selected building.
The questionnaires were analyzed statically using SPSS software. The survey shows
that inadequate ventilation is one of the factors that can affect Sick Building Syndrome
(SBS) in the building.
