2BHK & 3BHK Luxury apartments for sale in off Hosur road at VRR Nest Live in the neighborhood of Electronics City, Bangalore.
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VRR NEST
Breathe in and leave the everyday uncertainties behind you. Fill your soul with a fresh breath of livelihood and with the natural beauty surrounding you. A residence like no other is here to drench you in the luxury of living. Live in the neighborhood of Electronics City, the most premium locale of Hosur Road, near to the IT corridors of Sarjapur and Whitefield. Elite neighbours like Infosys, the BMW show room, Ebenezer International School and PES School of Engineering make for a prestigious surrounding.
The 56 feet tall expressway of about 10 kms makes travel to and from work, just that much faster and the NICE Road ensures good connectivity to all the other parts of the city.
A number of shopping malls include the Forum Mall nearby and state-of-the-art health care options like the Apollo Clinic and Agarwal Hospital in the vicinity keep you connected to the basic necessities of everyday living and at the same time making the area a much sought after real estate destination.
Breathe in and leave the everyday uncertainties behind you. Fill your soul with a fresh breath of livelihood and with the natural beauty surrounding you. A residence like no other is here to drench you in the luxury of living. Live in the neighborhood of Electronics City, the most premium locale of Hosur Road, near to the IT corridors of Sarjapur and Whitefield. Elite neighbours like Infosys, the BMW show room, Ebenezer International School and PES School of Engineering make for a prestigious surrounding.
The 56 feet tall expressway of about 10 kms makes travel to and from work, just that much faster and the NICE Road ensures good connectivity to all the other parts of the city.
A number of shopping malls include the Forum Mall nearby and state-of-the-art health care options like the Apollo Clinic and Agarwal Hospital in the vicinity keep you connected to the basic necessities of everyday living and at the same time making the area a much sought after real estate destination.
Sick building syndrome
In Many cities, scarce land space, high land prices and inadequate infrastructure especially transportation at the outlying places has seen growth of High Rise buildings. Many of these buildings are used for commercial, health care, hospitality and entertainment activities.
Most of them nowadays have thermally controlled artificial atmosphere with in their working space created by installation of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (known as HVAC) system. Sometimes this may be required for the machines they operate or it could be merely the belief that workers will work more efficiently.
The HVAC system consumes enormous amount of energy and also requires high class maintenance. For various reasons, either due to faulty design, inappropriate materials and compromised maintenance, switching off intermittently for economy or main supply failure, the atmosphere within may become substandard or due to personal allergies not suitable, for some or all, who use the space.
According to one study, in the IT industry, people live in artificial atmosphere more than two third hours of the day. A person lives in AC house. He gets into AC car. He works in AC chamber or cubicle. Another point is all these buildings are clad internally with various materials either for interior decoration or for insulation and concealment of ducts. Further they have crowded office furniture. Most of these nowadays are made of treated or synthetic materials. We all know that men have diverse constitution. So many people spending most time in such artificial atmosphere develop what is known as Sick Building Syndrome. In the West, there are several instances of buildings having been demolished because they were found unhealthy for use.
A 1984 World Health Organisation (WHO) report inferred that up to 30% of the new or remodeled buildings classified as modern may be linked to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). Of course this survey was conducted mostly in the West. Then there were substantially less number of such buildings in the third world. But now the situation has changed. Many cities in the East specially in China, India, and Thailand have grown and substantial proportions of new buildings in Metros and Tier one cities are High Rise buildings. Most of them have HVAC system and interior coverings.
Most surveys conducted on the SBS phenomenon link it to Indoor Air Quality created by HVAC system. The other causes are growth of moulds, out gassing of some types of building materials, volatile compounds/chemicals, insanitary and damp conditions specially in sanitary blocks and ducts. There could be other causes too.
Symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome
The common complaints observed (in the alphabetical order) are:
• Asthma attacks in those who are prone
• Bronchitis
• Dizziness and Nausea
• Difficulty in concentrating
• Dry cough
• Dry or Itchy skin
• Eye, Nose or throat irritation
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Rage/weeping
• Sensitivity to odours
Some of the above symptoms disappear when the person removes himself from such buildings. In a few cases the symptom may persist and have long term effects. However such conditions cannot be ignored and need to be investigated by the company/organisation.
Possible causes of SBS
In Many cities, scarce land space, high land prices and inadequate infrastructure especially transportation at the outlying places has seen growth of High Rise buildings. Many of these buildings are used for commercial, health care, hospitality and entertainment activities.
Most of them nowadays have thermally controlled artificial atmosphere with in their working space created by installation of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (known as HVAC) system. Sometimes this may be required for the machines they operate or it could be merely the belief that workers will work more efficiently.
The HVAC system consumes enormous amount of energy and also requires high class maintenance. For various reasons, either due to faulty design, inappropriate materials and compromised maintenance, switching off intermittently for economy or main supply failure, the atmosphere within may become substandard or due to personal allergies not suitable, for some or all, who use the space.
According to one study, in the IT industry, people live in artificial atmosphere more than two third hours of the day. A person lives in AC house. He gets into AC car. He works in AC chamber or cubicle. Another point is all these buildings are clad internally with various materials either for interior decoration or for insulation and concealment of ducts. Further they have crowded office furniture. Most of these nowadays are made of treated or synthetic materials. We all know that men have diverse constitution. So many people spending most time in such artificial atmosphere develop what is known as Sick Building Syndrome. In the West, there are several instances of buildings having been demolished because they were found unhealthy for use.
A 1984 World Health Organisation (WHO) report inferred that up to 30% of the new or remodeled buildings classified as modern may be linked to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). Of course this survey was conducted mostly in the West. Then there were substantially less number of such buildings in the third world. But now the situation has changed. Many cities in the East specially in China, India, and Thailand have grown and substantial proportions of new buildings in Metros and Tier one cities are High Rise buildings. Most of them have HVAC system and interior coverings.
Most surveys conducted on the SBS phenomenon link it to Indoor Air Quality created by HVAC system. The other causes are growth of moulds, out gassing of some types of building materials, volatile compounds/chemicals, insanitary and damp conditions specially in sanitary blocks and ducts. There could be other causes too.
Symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome
The common complaints observed (in the alphabetical order) are:
• Asthma attacks in those who are prone
• Bronchitis
• Dizziness and Nausea
• Difficulty in concentrating
• Dry cough
• Dry or Itchy skin
• Eye, Nose or throat irritation
• Fatigue
• Headache
• Rage/weeping
• Sensitivity to odours
Some of the above symptoms disappear when the person removes himself from such buildings. In a few cases the symptom may persist and have long term effects. However such conditions cannot be ignored and need to be investigated by the company/organisation.
Possible causes of SBS
Contributing factors often relate to poor design of environment. The causes leading to it could be any or combination of some of the factors mentioned below (In Alphabetical order)
• Artificial fragrance in some furnishings
• Bad acoustics
• Biological contamination
• Chemical contamination
• Inappropriate lighting of work place either poor or not task related
• Some office equipment and the feed material used in them (e.g. In a study conducted on 62 laser printers it was found in 40% the toner used polluted during working hours particles which produced lung irritation and cardio vascular problems)
• Poor heating and ventilation
• Poor ergonomics
• Cheap furniture made of materials which emit harmful ions
• Poor indoor air quality
• Toxic mold
Need for inspection and detection
When there are large and frequent complaints the house keeping department should investigate in to the causes.
1. Initially a walk though the buildings and interaction with employees should identify areas which require a detailed inspection
2. Then through inspection of sanitary blocks, traps, drain pipes hidden areas like ceiling, ducts, chilling chambers should be carried out for dampness, fungus, rats, cockroaches, dead carcasses, etc
3. carpets for dusts, stains and moisture
4. Air sampling
5. Inspection of filters
6. Inspection of humidifiers
7. If required the air conditioning and heating design should be checked
Classification of Sources
Biological contaminants
Bacteria, Moulds, Pollen and viruses are the biological contaminants. They locate in ducts, humidifiers, drain pipes, ceiling, carpeting, insulations. The illness physical symptoms these contaminants induce on a vulnerable user are cough, fever, tightness in the chest, aching muscles and mucus irritation,
Chemical contaminants
The sources are carpet and/or upholstery material, wood derived products (formaldehyde in plywood, etc) machines like copiers, cleaning agents and pesticides. They may emit volatile compounds which may cause allergic reactions in some.Tobacco smoke contributes to particulate matter and some carcinogenic matters in the closed space
Preventive and rectifying measures
A way to safe guard the building from attack of SBS is to follow the recommendation of LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Council) and get the buildings designed by LEED certified architect and Get LEED rating system. Another is to discard synthetic materials and manufactured materials which use glues etc. not carrying green certification in interior cladding and furniture. Use of natural building materials where possible should be explored
The other preventive measures are
• Institute smoking restrictions
• Use paints, solvents, cleaning agents, pesticides which do not have toxic materials or use those who have the Green certification
• Maintain HVAC system in proper order by checking filters, humidifiers, etc.
• Check the number of air changes. Compromise on number and quantity of air changes has been found as one of the prime causes. The ventilation standards require 15 to 20 cfm (Cubic foot per minute) per person of out door filtered air in office space. In smoking areas it may go up to as high as 60 cfm per person.
• Make provision of opening of windows and letting in outside air when AC does not work
• Not using the materials like plywood, soft boards, etc in furniture and wall lining which let of formaldehyde gases Dr. Fred Berman, director of the Toxicology Information Center at the Center for Research on Occupational and
Environmental Toxicology, says that everything from mold spores to office furniture that lets off formaldehyde gases to changes in humidity can affect a workers upper respiratory system.
• Periodical checking of the inside environment. In West there are specialist and they are called Industrial hygienists. An industrial hygienist will be able to test the air for toxins and irritants and advise a company on how to improve the air quality.
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