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The Occurrences of Allergic Diseases and Accidents within Housing and Residents' Consciousness

  • Kim, Sung-Hwa;Lee, Jae-Hoon
    • Architectural research
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2014
  • Allergic diseases as the major symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome have significantly increased because of the indoor pollutants resulted from the enhanced energy conservation performances of residential buildings. Following traffic accidents, domestic accidents are known as the second most frequent accident type. This study analyzes the occurrences of allergic diseases and home accidents caused by housing conditions, together with the residents' consciousness of the diseases and accidents. The findings of this study are expected to help develop the design guidelines and new housing types conducive to the healthy housing environment. For this study, a questionnaire survey was conducted in two rounds which include face-to-face questionnaire survey and online survey, collecting 200 responses and 1000 responses respectively. The data based on the valid 1011 responses were analyzed by Frequency Analysis and T-test.

A Research about charcoal board surface processing material development that utilize recycling site (재활용 소재를 활용한 숯보드용 표면처리재 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Tae Goo;Moon, Jong Wook
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.3-10
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    • 2004
  • If move in in the new apartment usually, do that hundreds hazardous substance among air floats and is broken-down. In the case of the floor, organic compound turns in adhesives that is bitter when attach the reinforcement floor and material lumber and hazardous substance is exhausted much wallpaper and concrete. Therefore, to reveal maximum this research to apply on interior of building to live function of charcoal, at non combustible material two faces that can promise safety from fire, strong and satisfy light performance, and it is thing about development of sheathing that use recycling material for barren land of multi-function and surface treatment of charcoal board as well as can keep healthy indoor environment.

The Characteristics of Healthy City Project in Korea (국내 건강도시 프로젝트 담당자를 대상으로 한 건강도시 관련 특성 조사)

  • Jung, Gil-Ho;Kim, Keon-Yeop;Na, Bak-Ju
    • Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.155-167
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    • 2009
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate healthy city project related characteristics to members of the Korea Healthy Cities Partnership(KHCP). Methods: This study analyzed general characteristics of healthy city, characteristics of healthy city(political support, collaboration & citizen participation, healthy city project, infrastructure development, capacity building), self-evaluation of healthy city and etc by self-questionnaires from February to December, 2007, which were distributed to government workers who were in charged in health city project of 23 membership cities of KHCP. Results: The number of urban city was 11(47.8%) and that of rural municipality was 12(52.5%). Public health center was almost in charge of healthy city project(73.9%). As for the characteristics of healthy city, healthy city municipal budget(91.3%), city health profile(91.3%), technical support of cooperative university(82.6%), healthy city regulation(78.3%), citizen participation(78.3%), committee(73.9%), setting approach(69.9%) and healthy city network(69.6%) were good. But intersectoral collaboration(34.8%), long-term healthy city plan(39.1%), administrative policy or campaign promise(43.5%), programs to the vulnerable population(47.8%), department in charge(47.8%) and seminar(47.8%) were not good. Especially, characteristics of healthy city according to the existence of department in charge were significantly different in intersectoral collaboration, citizen participation, setting approach and healthy city network. Conclusions: In spite of rapid expansion in healthy cities, there were great difficulty in political support, collaboration, department in charge and programs of health equity. So we need to go a long way to achieve the vision of healthy cites by its principles and characteristics.

Characteristic of indoor air quality according to ventilation in a temporary residential building

  • Chae, Ho-Byung;Nam, Yujin;Sung, Min-Ki;Kim, Jong-Hun
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.5-12
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    • 2015
  • Recently, natural disasters have unexpectedly occurred at various places in the world and the countermeasure of them become the social issues. Many of victims in disasters need temporary residential facilities above all things and many of researches have been conducted in order to develop simple, safe, and economic designs of them. Moreover, indoor thermal comfort and air quality must be considered in the facilities against a disaster, because clean and healthy space should be provided to the suffered victims. In this research, in order to estimate the indoor environment of the developed modular building for disaster preparation, CFD simulation was conducted in the various condition. In this paper, indoor air quality such as the age of air, the concentration of $CO_2$ was estimated by the case study

Improving Maintenance Management Practices for Building Facility

  • Ismail, Zul-Atfi
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.21-32
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    • 2014
  • The practiced conventional methods for maintenance management in Malaysian Polytechnic faced many issues due to poor service delivery, inadequate finance, poor maintenance plan and maintenance backlogs. The purpose of this study is to improve the conventional method practices which tend to be ineffective in Malaysian Polytechnic. The case studies were conducted with eight Polytechnics and are selected based on conventional method practices and its major problems. There are around 32 Polytechnics in Malaysia and almost are using conventional methods. The number is considered very big indicating that the use of modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is still very limited compared to other institutions of higher learning in Malaysia. The overall findings of this research indicated; poor service delivery, inadequate financial, poor maintenance planning and maintenance backlogs. There is also need to overcome less man power competencies of maintenance management practices which existed with all eight Polytechnics. The proposed system is intended to be used for maintenance management practices at Malaysian Polytechnics in order to provide high-quality of building facility with safe and healthy environments.

A Study on Planning Element of Symbiotic Housing (환경공생주택(環境共生住宅)의 계획요소(計劃要素) 고찰(考察))

  • Kim, Young-Seok;Choi, Ki-Young
    • Proceeding of Spring/Autumn Annual Conference of KHA
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.165-172
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    • 2003
  • Quantitative planning element and qualitative planning instruction which are required for planning and evaluating environment-friendly building are accessed in previous studies. In this study, the concept of symbiotic housing is introduced for upgrading existing planning elements, so as to study the planning elements collectively. This study can be summarized as below: (1) Planning elements for saving energy and using resources effectively are added in order to preserve the earth environment. (2) In order to harmonize with neighboring environment more, sunshine duration of neighboring buildings is considered; streets and village view are harmonized; space in-between is prepared. (3) For healthy and amenity residential environment, following items are added, improved pleasantness of inside and outside space; improved amenity and health of housing; and, co-dwelling with large scope. Besides, the necessity of residents' agreement is proposed to induce residents' participation, which has not been mentioned before.

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A study of the interior finishing materials for improving residential environment (주거환경 개선을 위한 실내 마감재에 관한 연구)

  • Kwak, Jae-Hoon;Han, Hae-Ryon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.207-211
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    • 2005
  • This research is aimed to study the finishing material applied in interior space for improving residential environment. First of all, it finds out what is 'Sick Building Syndrome' and 'Sick House Syndrome', how harmful to human body about indoor air pollution substance (such as volatility organic compound, formaldehyde) and investigate the effect when the environment-friendly finishing material is used. Secondly, classify and examine all kind of finishing material applied in interior space. Finally, after emphasize the importance of environment-friendly finishing material from domestic or overseas, this research suggest the basic information of environment-friendly finishing material in order to use in the future buildings.

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A strategic framework for green remodeling based on children's health and energy efficiency in South Korea (한국의 어린이 건강과 에너지 효율성을 기반으로 한 친환경 리모델링을 위한 우선순위 전략 프레임워크)

  • Nguyen, Thi Vi-Anh;Ahn, Yong-Han
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2023.11a
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    • pp.61-62
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    • 2023
  • Promoting energy-efficient retrofit of existing buildings to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 is critically vital and challenging. The bulk of outdated educational buildings in particular are of grave concern since they are not only have a significant negative impact on the environment but also dangerous to inhabitants'health. This study laid the groundwork for understanding the connection between occupant health and energy efficiency. This study proposes a prioritized strategic GR framework in South Korea's aging preschools. The possible prospects and levels of development in the GR plan are identified by this evaluation. Policy markers, educators, and other key stakeholders may help to create a more sustainable and healthy environment by putting the recommended framework into practice.

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