Sick Building Syndrome & Legionnaires'

Failure to maintain the indoor air quality and water systems of commercial building can cause many health problems including asthma, lung disease, allergenic reactions, legionnaire's disease, mold related illness and sick building syndrome.

Parties having the responsibility to secure healthy indoor air quality include architects, general contractors, HVAC contractors, building owners and material suppliers. The American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers, ASHRAE,  has promulgated air exchange standards for commercial buildings.

Phares Heindl is a former chemical engineer and Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer with over 20 years experience and handles toxic tort, sick building, and toxic mold cases. Please contact us regarding your case or email inquiry@heindllaw.com

Please find helpful resources regarding sick building syndrome below. For frequently asked questions regarding sick  building syndrome Click Here

IAQ Publications - Sick Building Syndrome Fact Sheet , A great starting point!

Indoor Air Quality - DEHS, UMN The University of Minnesota does a great job on indoor air quality issues.

Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Home Page

ASHRAE Online!  American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc.

Air Pollution Prevention & Control Division - Indoor Environment Management Branch Quality information from the EPA

DBMD - Legionellosis - General Information Legionnaire's disease

Legionella Risk Management Legionella Risk Management, Inc. provides consulting services focused solely on reducing the risk of Legionnaires' Disease and other waterborne pathogens.

ASHRE Guideline, Legionella - ASHRE guideline 12-2000, Minimizing the Risk of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems.

 AEROBIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING -- Airborne Pathogen Control Systems

AIRXPERT System, Inc., diagnose and document ventilation effectiveness in any large building.

Legionnaires' disease, Legionella, waterborne microbes, bacteria control--HC Information Resources Inc. Legionnaires disease is a bacterial infection caused by bacteria carried by tiny water droplets and can infect buildings. It can be transmitted through HVAC systems and cause infections of epidemic proportions.

Guideline for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, 2003 This is an authoritative guide presented by CDC to standards and methods to control infection in hospitals including a section on preventing Legionnaire's disease and other infections through control of the indoor air quality.

Michaels Engineering Interesting air quality Information

Sick Buildings and Toxic Mold surveys, personal story and more

Medfocus Guide to Sick Building Syndrome

IEMB - Indoor Air Quality Modeling A computer program that models indoor exposure

MHHE: INDOOR AIR QUALITY HANDBOOK

A device to monitor Carbon Dioxide and other IAQ markers

Liability of Architects (PDF) This article discusses potential liability of architects for sick building syndrome.

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