Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study
Related Resources
Additional Resources
Study Overview
- SE Womble, JR Girman, et. al., “Developing Baseline Information on Buildings and Indoor Air Quality (BASE ’94): Part 1 – Study Design, Building Selection, and Building
Descriptions,” (PDF) (8 pp., 32 K, about PDF) Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 1995,
Vol. III, pp. 1305-1310, (1995).
- U.S. EPA, "A Standardized EPA Protocol for Characterizing indoor Air Quality in Large Office Buildings," (PDF) (311 pp., 1.5 M) Office of Research and Development and Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC, (2003).
Environmental Measures
- JR Girman, GE Hadwen, LE Burton, et. al., “Individual Volatile Organic Compound Prevalence and Concentrations in 56 Buildings of the Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study,” (PDF) (6 pp., 426 K) Proceedings of Indoor Air 1999, Vol. II, pp. 460-465, (1999).
- JM Macher, FC Tsai, LE Burton, et.al., “Concentrations of Cat and Dust Mite Allergens in 93 U.S. Office Buildings,” (PDF) (6 pp., 330 K) Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 359-364, (2002).
- SE Womble, LE Burton, L Kolb, et. al., “Prevalence and Concentrations of Culturable Airborne Fungal Spores in 86 Office Buildings from the Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study,” (PDF) (6 pp., 528 K) Proceedings of Indoor Air 1999, Vol. I, pp. 261-266, (1999).
- Ligman, “Airborne Particulate Matter Within School Environments in the United States,” (PDF) (6 pp., 422 K) Proceedings of Indoor Air 1999, Vol. IV, pp. 255-261, (1999).
- FC Tsai, JM Macher, YY Hung, "Concentrations of Airborne Bacteria in 100 U.S. Office Buildings," (PDF) (6 pp., 325 K) Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 353-358, (2002).
- LE Burton, JR Girman, SE Womble, “Airborne Particulate Matter Within 100 Randomly Selected Office Buildings in the United States (BASE),” (PDF) (6 pp., 77 K) Proceedings of Healthy Building 2000, Vol. I, pp. 157-162, (2000).
- PK Johnston, G Hadwen, et. al., “A Screening-Level Ranking of Toxic Chemicals at Levels Typically Found in Indoor Air,” (PDF) (6 pp., 159 K) Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 930-935, (2002).
Building Characteristics
- JR Girman, BJ Baker, LE Burton, “Prevalence of Potential Sources of Indoor Air Pollution in U.S. Office Buildings,” (PDF)(6 pp., 247 K) Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. IV, pp. 438-443, (2002).
- LE Burton, B Baker, D Hanson, et.al., “Baseline Information on 100 Randomly Selected Office Buildings in the United States (BASE):Gross Building Characteristics,” (PDF) (6 pp., 84 K) Proceedings of Healthy Building 2000, Vol. I, pp. 151-155, (2000).
Questionnaire
- HS Brightman, SE Womble, JR Girman, et.al., “Preliminary Comparison of Questionnaire Data from two IAQ Studies: Occupant and Workspace Characteristics of Randomly Selected Buildings and “Complaint” Buildings,” Proceedings of Healthy Buildings/IAQ 1997, Vol. II, pp. 453-458, (1997).
Associations
- CA Erdmann, KC Steiner, MG Apte, “Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms in the BASE Study Revisited: Analyses of the 100 Building Dataset,” (PDF) (6 pp., 256 K) Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, Vol. III pp. 443-448, (2002).
- MG Apte , WJ, Fisk, JM Daisey, “Associations between Indoor CO2 concentrations and Sick Building Syndrome Symptoms in U.S. Office Buildings: An Analysis of the 1994-1996 BASE Study Data,” (PDF) (12 pp., 1.7 M) Indoor Air 2000, 10, pp. 246-257, (2000).
- DJ Moschandreas, SC Sofuoglu, “The Indoor Environmental Index and its Relationship with Occupant Symptoms,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 2002, pp. 90-95, (2002).
- SC Sofuoglu, DJ Moschandreas, “The Link Between Symptoms of Office Building Occupants and In-office Air Pollution: the Indoor Air Pollution Index,” Indoor Air 2003, 13, pp. 332-343, (2003).
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- MG Apte, JM Daisey, “VOCs and Sick Building Syndrome: Application of a New Statistical Approach for SBS Research to US EPA BASE Study Data,” Proceedings of Indoor Air 1999, I, pp. 1-6, (1999). http://eetd.lbl.gov/IE/pdf/LBNL-42698.pdf
- Apte, M.G.; Buchanan, I.S.; Mendell, M. J. “Outdoor Ozone and Building Related Symptoms in the BASE Study.” Submitted to Indoor Air. 2007. LBNL-62419. http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/pdf/LBNL-62419.pdf
- Buchanan, I.S.; Mendell, M. J.; Mirer, A.; Apte, M.G. “Air Filter Materials, Outdoor Ozone and Building - Related Symptoms in the BASE Study.” Submitted to Indoor Air. 2007. LBNL-62508. http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/pdf/LBNL-62508.pdf
- Mendell, M.J.; Lei-Gomez, Q.; Mirrer, A.; Seppanen, O. “Risk Factors for Occupant Symptoms in Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems in U.S. Office Buildings: the U.S. EPA BASE Study.” 2007. LBNL-61870. http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/pdf/LBNL-61870.pdf
- Mendell, M. J.; Mirer, A.; Lei-Gomez, Q. “Contaminants in Buildings and Occupied Spaces as Risk Factors for Occupant Symptoms in U.S. Office Buildings: Findings from the U.S. EPA BASE Study.” 2007. LBNL-63370. http://eetd.lbl.gov/ied/pdf/LBNL-63370.pdf
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