Factor that Affects Sick Building Syndrome in The Building

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.