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qARI[a L fA<Dw wlh[T l. RASI.«LND M'.. <uw[: JGMIC<. «D«~<. 1ul[ D.. aw C«.wccf A_..u Fw.«w .. suwcc, af.« .. co.vluc rw[DCIU<a .n«~ s[«c c. wlon , awuY.« v J.«Ca T. «[T/aOM ~« ODOf tLD w. ew[Tew. >'f10«.LD a_. wo[l[IrODD L: Tror.a ~*htw[TTA..DI'.fo«:Jw. [w«C«D.AII.[w JOMM T «AMIM . wlClt r: HwwIDE[ 'a.NO... o.vlow.,rowwo `~- ~uu.r D..:I««cwwla ..[vc.. c.w ~~wD.aln[ r.owt«wl• wlCn.wDD...oomf :~.C f1.TwICl1: Mcylw«CT .[R«.wD v: OW[ILL JR. of Office Building Syndrome Gentlemen: Dr. T. D. Sterling's feasibility study on office ;environments, which was funded August, 1980, with a total budget r,of $13,050, has been completed. This study has led to the deveLop- ',`ment of a proposal to investigate "Office Building Syndrome", a rF general term given to a collection of non-specific symptoms about ,which workers in "energy-efficient" office buildings have complained. Dr. Sterling is interested in definitively documenting'the existence of Office Building Syndrome, examining possible dependence of '4 ;this syndrome on building design and ventilation features, and r~-: investigating the syndrome's relationship, if any, to life-style -;factors, such as smoking. . C/uwT[w[D KKf I.U ST.. «. W. WAf«1«aTON:,D.C.toofs ~toa esR-aso . FRA«w.. sC.s[C ..H .. fowc[ mR.w s«oow D.ND w..«.wcr. (I~s.A.o4 .. (w.-Ifaf> aaN-asTOl (NI'.r-roTal F. Ahrensfeld Crohn, Jr. H. Greer Henson Pepples J. Stevens___~ JAr[f w. OTTMA« Jc««iMaa J: «t o. otcou«sc~< Re: T. D. Sterling and Elia Sterling: An Investigation -The study consists of two parts which are to proceed concurrently. The first part would include documentation and review of data accumulated'by NI,OSH in investigating about 50 office buildings in which occupants had complained of uncom- fortable working conditions. (The completed'feasibility study related to availability of the NIOSH data and access to'NIOSH investigators.) Discussions with NIOSH investigators are planned, with special emphasis on trying to determine the importance (or lack of importance) of life-style factors. I TWENTIETN.FLOOR MERCANTILE BANK TOWER 1101', WALNUT KANSAS CCTiT,,MISSOURI 64100 1816>'.474-63 S0. TELEX42-629V - TELECOPIER 18161 421-5547. WAS«I«o.oN, 0. C. o.FICC COOKPURCELL,. HANSEN fHENOERSON e xfr-t ten o% N( r. y..,.4 I C, .4. #r 1' wt.ll S-1) GG.SY- ( t,.s-r sdw "a)_

or uncomfortable conditions in their workplace and their state of ~, of 15,000 members of an office workers' union in New York City. ,obtained.) The survey will gather data about the workers' perception (During the feasibility study, the cooperation of the union was well-being; it will also utilize a unique Architectural Stress - 'Syndrome. .. ~ . . ~ . . .. . _ . - . . . .. ~ r: ~'. T' ... _ . design and ventilation with workers' complaints of Office Building will allow analysis with respect to correlations of building ;'design and ventilation features of the workplaces. Such information Information Schedule. -This will provide data on the archiTtectural C The second part of the study would consist of a survey It is our opinion that this study could be useful with .-~ restriction of smoking in .respect to the controversial issue of ;the workplace. project. Elia's CV is enclosed. We have discussed Elia's relation-,,'; It is proposed that Elia Sterling (Dr. Sterling's son) and Dr. Theodor Sterling be co-principal investigators on this °~ ship to Dr. Sterling and have independently concluded that Elia j 5terling is qualitiea to handle this work. He has a Bachelor-s ~ and has had experience as an Indoor Air Quality Specialist at the .'-Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. He is currently Building Ecology degree in architecture from the University of British Columbia Consultant with Cornerstone Planning Group Limited. We have read enclosed. According to Dr. Sterling, Elia Sterling has been on Indoor Air Pollution, Health and Energy Conservation, in October, 1981. A copy of the abstract of his presentation is °"a report of a project on Office Environment Analysis which Elia Sterling directed for the Cornerstone Planning Group. He will be presenting a paper on this project at the International Symposium Dr. Sterlin g, with his many years of research experience, will =.it would be advantageous to utilize his experience and abilities. '- -„< presently engaged in useful architectural analysis work and that Office Building Syndrome. We believe that ELia Sterling is largely responsible for the development of this proposed study on ' also be involved in the osed proj'ect and would be fully ro p p °responsible for the statistical analysis of the data obtained. .research projects. At a meeting on occupational health, held Dr. Sterling,has been usy ate y wor ing on ot er b 1 1 k' h -,:_t ? ,earlier this month, he gave a presentation titled "Job Discrimination evidence contrary to the idea that smoking heightens the risk of ~ disease by interacting with certain substances to which workers W Nt .D C!t to audience in a receptive mood and that the audience paid close attention to what Dr. Sterling had to say. He reviewed published (Z monitored by one of our research analysts; she felt that Dr. Sterling's manner of presentation put his potentially hostile Based on Exposure Consideration and Smoking." This meeting was `! .,~ y ~

are occupationally exposed. He also stated that the questions of whether other people's tobacco smoke is hazardous to nonsmoking these areas are based on data which can be questioned on sound o industry, are not settled and that the published reports in workers, and whether smoking workers represent an additional cost i?scientific grounds. . . . "r i .; . . ~ ~.. I . .. . ~ _ . ': . . -R._Li e : : ~:zt:.., . cancer compared'to nonsmoking wives with nonsmoking husbands). :Dr. Sterling suggested other factors which might be important,'f (which concluded that these women had an increased risk of lung of the Hirayama study of nonsmoking wives of smoking husbands - A Letter to the Editor of the British Medical Journal, r from Dr. Sterling, has just been published. It is a brief critique 'but which were ignored by Dr. Hirayama. A copy of the letter is Y. enclosed • ~-A- We recommend funding of the enclosed proposal as a CTR factor) for an additional six months. The total funding requested year (see budget), with a proportional amount (plus a 12% inflationary ~; Special Project. The amount requested is $128,160 for the first >is $200,160. An early response would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, l~vC~ William W. Shinn Enclosures cc: Alexander Holtzman Janet Brown rEdwin J. Jacob .