ABSTRACT
Different ways of interpreting environmental conditions have led to the development of concepts such as the sick building, indoor air quality or indoor environment quality, for understanding the complexity of the pollutants in enclosed environments and the implications thereof on the health. The "Indoor Environment Quality" proposal is an advancement, operative and conceptual, surpassing amply prior ones, given that it orients the actions toward healthy environments without limiting the idea of pollution to the air alone. The aim is identifying the competence to preventing hazards related to exposure to pollutants within the confines of indoor environments and know the legislative framework useful for taking the actions. Optimum conditions within indoor environments must redound in health, well-being and comfort with regard to both working life as well as the environments in which everyday activities outside of work, extracurricular, leisure-time and entertainment activities are carried out. Today's society is demanding safe, clean, well-climatized places, for this is necessary to integrate the inhabitant's perceptions and demands and achieve an optimum balance among social standards, energy use and sustainable development. Legislation is being further expanded upon in the direction of occupational health and safety and the regulation of chemical substances. Environmental Health carries out prevention and control tasks, takes part in the enforcement of international pollution and waste reduction agreements and promotes measures for carrying out the European Environment and Health Strategy. It is considered useful the elaboration of protocols for the evaluation and administration gives the risks associated to the interior pollutants.
Subject(s)
Air Pollution, Indoor/analysis , Environmental Monitoring/methods , Humans , Occupational Health/legislation & jurisprudence , Public Health/legislation & jurisprudence , Quality of LifeABSTRACT
Distintas formas de interpretar las condiciones ambientales hanllevado al desarrollo de conceptos tales como edificio enfermo, calidaddel aire o calidad ambiental interior, todos ellos encaminados aentender la complejidad de los contaminantes en los ambientescerrados y las implicaciones sobre la salud de la población. La propuestade "Calidad ambiental interior" es un avance conceptual yoperativo que supera ampliamente a los anteriores, puesto que orientalas acciones hacia ambientes saludables sin limitar al aire la ideade contaminación. El objetivo del trabajo es identificar las competenciasy el marco legislativo que permiten actuar en la prevenciónde riesgos asociados a la exposición de contaminantes en ambientesinteriores. Óptimas condiciones en los ambientes interiores debenredundar en salud, bienestar y confort, tanto en lo que respecta a lavida laboral como a los ámbitos donde se desarrollan las actividadescotidianas extralaborales, escolares, de descanso y de ocio. La sociedadactual exige lugares seguros, limpios y bien climatizados, para loque es necesario integrar percepciones y exigencias de los habitantesy alcanzar un óptimo equilibrio entre estándares sociales, uso de laenergía y desarrollo sostenible, buscando confort sin contaminar ysin aumentar el consumo de fuentes energéticas que degraden elmedio ambiente. El desarrollo legislativo se orienta a la seguridad yla salud en los lugares de trabajo y la regulación de las sustancias químicas.La Sanidad Ambiental lleva a cabo tareas de prevención ycontrol, participa en la ejecución de convenios internacionales dereducción de contaminantes y desechos y promueve acciones para eldesarrollo de la Estrategia Europea de Salud y Medio Ambiente
Different ways of interpreting environmental conditions have ledto the development of concepts such as the sick building, indoor airquality or indoor environment quality, for understanding the complexityof the pollutants in enclosed environments and the implicationsthereof on the health. The "Indoor Environment Quality" proposalis an advancement, operative and conceptual, surpassingamply prior ones, given that it orients the actions toward healthyenvironments without limiting the idea of pollution to the air alone.The aim is identifying the competence to preventing hazards relatedto exposure to pollutants within the confines of indoor environmentsand know the legislative framework useful for taking the actions.Optimum conditions within indoor environments must redound inhealth, well-being and comfort with regard to both working life aswell as the environments in which everyday activities outside ofwork, extracurricular, leisure-time and entertainment activities arecarried out. Today's society is demanding safe, clean, well-climatizedplaces, for this is necessary to integrate the inhabitant's perceptionsand demands and achieve an optimum balance among socialstandards, energy use and sustainable development. Legislation isbeing further expanded upon in the direction of occupational healthand safety and the regulation of chemical substances. EnvironmentalHealth carries out prevention and control tasks, takes part in theenforcement of international pollution and waste reduction agreementsand promotes measures for carrying out the European Environmentand Health Strategy. It is considered useful the elaborationof protocols for the evaluation and administration gives the risksassociated to the interior pollutants
