知覚空気質・建材評価・パフォーマンス（Ⅲ）

摘要

Since Sick House/Building Syndrome was reported during 1990's in Japan, the building code was modified and large impact was occurred onto building society. The action programs for formaldehyde control, compulsory installation of mechanical ventilation system in buildings and so on seem to be successful to decrease the indoor chemical pollution level. However occupants and residents still often showed their complaint and dissatisfaction for indoor air quality. Although the concentrations of designated chemicals are below at the permissible level, significant adverse effects are sometimes observed in terms of the odor level or perceived air quality. Since the studies on perceived air quality had been started in building service field by Yaglou in the U.S., many research results in this field have been reported mainly in Europe and North America. These researches are still continuing in forms of "Sensory Assessment of Building Materials", "Influence of Perceived Air Quality on Human Performance in Offices/Schools", and so forth.%室内環境が作業効率に及ぼす研究は，英国で1919年 に行われたVernonの研究以来，数多く行われている． Vernonは，6年にわたり，5つのメッキ工場の月別生産 高を外気温と対応させながら記録し，気温の上昇につれ て生産高は低下すると結論した1）．これら初期の仕事場 における心理学研究においては，環境刺激の効果は誰に も一様であると考えており，人と環境との関係は「機械 論的」かつ「決定論的」であったと，Sundstromらは述 べている1）．