GLOSSARY

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IAQ

see _indoor air quality_


IDIOPATHIC ENVIRONMENTAL INTOLERANCE

(IEI) – WHO terminology defining reactions of an individual to environmental conditions that have no specific aetiology or definable cause. cp ?MCS? With IEI, victims experience a whole range of symptoms or complaints that can be directly attributed to the incident, but need medical conformation.


IEI

see ?idiopathic environmental intolerance?


IEQ

see ?indoor environmental quality?


IMMUNE SYSTEM

All internal structures and processes of the human body that provide defence against disease causing organisms, such as viruses, fungi, bacteria or parasites.


IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUAL

An individual who is unable to produce an adequate immune response to invasion by various pathogens, due to age, sickness, exhaustion or a regimen of drugs, any of which may render the body_s immune system less than effective.


IMPROVEMENTS

Building modifications or additions executed by a tenant; leasehold improvements; Improvements and betterments are repairs or modifications which exceed the scope or quality of the original installation.


INDEMNIFY

To secure against loss or damage; to compensate for a loss or damage.


INDEPENDENT OF ENVIRONMENT

Independent of the ambient atmosphere, and includes supplied-air respirators (SARs) and self-contained breathing apparatus.


INDOOR AIR

Air in a conditioned space. The breathing air inside an inhabited structure.