Strategic Management in Building Designs for Sick Building Syndrome Control: The Effect of Ideal Building Orientation

Building occupants sometimes experience unhealthy symptoms or fall sick with such conditions as irritations of the throat, eyes, nose, lethargy and sometimes dizziness due to Sick Building Syndromes (SBS). This study aimed to measure that ideal building orientation reduces the effect of SBS on Occupants and proper management of the design process can reduce the formation of SBS using Northern Cyprus Buildings as case study. The estimated cases of SBS in North Cyprus are at least 909 residential units. Out of the 2252 Responses in North Cyprus, 909 Respondents (40.3%) stated they have seen an SBS building, while 293(13%) have lived in one at some point. 1343(59.6%) reported to have never seen an SBS building. The Occupants of two residential flat buildings formed the study population and twenty-six (26) sample sizes were chosen and the twenty-six (26) respondents were selected (thirteen from each building) to test how ideal building orientation can minimize the effect of SBS on Occupants and even discourage SBS formation. Date received from 80% of the respondents making twenty-one (21) respondents (9 from building A and 11 from building B) shows that building orientation affects to a large extent indoor air quality and lighting. Ideal management of building orientation design construction minimizes the effect of SBS on Occupants and guarantees the improved health of the Occupants. This paper intends to discuss the overall building management steps towards prevention of SBS formation in buildings.