Do you know if you are living or working in a sick building? Just as humans get sick, buildings are able to get sick also. This phenomena is know as Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). SBS, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is a term ‘used to describe situations in which building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in the building’ (n.p.). What makes a sick building a sick building? Derived

Damp odors, musty odors. Sometimes it feels like buildings are just meant to have that odor because it is so commonplace. We sometimes associate basements with “naturally” having a musty odor. Entering a home that has been shut for a while, the assumption is that that odor is on account of the “stale air.” But what if there is more to it than just being a nuisance odor? That thing that you are smelling is called mVOCs (Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds). According to the