Resumen de Lighting in Sick Building Syndrome: Urban and rural environments

Graciela Tonello, Carlos Kirschbaum

• Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is characterized by a significant proportion of people experiencing allergy-like symptoms that disappear or diminish when they leave the building. The exact causes remain unknown and the inclusion of lighting into SBS models deserves further research Within this context, the field study described here measured different environmental variables and their perception, especially lighting, in 97 urban and rural users. This research provides data and results in order to contribute to a more holistic model of SBS, which could be useful to architects and designers interested in meeting the needs of users