Managing Quartz Exposure in Apartment Building and Infrastructure Construction Work Tasks.

The present report describes exposure to respirable silica and dust in the construction industry, as well as means to manage them. The average exposure in studied work tasks ( = 148) amounted to 64% of the Finnish OEL value of 0.05 mg/m.

Perceived indoor air quality and psychosocial work environment in office, school and health care environments in Finland.

Objectives: The study examined the extent and prevalence of perceived indoor environment-related (IE-related) symptoms environmental complaints and psychosocial work environmental factors in Finnish office, school and health care environments.

Material And Methods: The data were collected from non-industrial workplaces (N = 455) in 2011-2012 and 2015-2017 using the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health's (). Suspicion of IE-related problems was reported in 59% of workplaces.

Thermal environment in eight low-energy and twelve conventional Finnish houses.

We assessed the thermal environment of eight recently built low-energy houses and twelve conventional Finnish houses. We monitored living room, bedroom and outdoor air temperatures and room air relative humidity from June 2012 to September 2013. Perceived thermal environment was evaluated using a questionnaire survey during the heating, cooling and interim seasons.

Indoor air particles in office buildings with suspected indoor air problems in the Helsinki area.

Objectives: Airborne particle concentrations can be used as quality indicators of indoor environments. The previous lack of reference data has limited the use of particle measurements in office environments. The aim of this study was to describe the concentrations of airborne particles (≥ 0.