Derived from inherent safety concept, inherent health is a new approach that aims to unearth proactive, fundamental, and permanent solutions that could eliminate or significantly reduce health risks at source, thus avoiding adding extensive end-of-pipe protections. To date, however, limited attention has been given to using this new approach to prevent Sick Building Syndrome (SBS), and an assessment tool for quantifying the "sickness" at planning stage is yet to be established. To this end, this work investigated the feasibility of addressing SBS via Inherent Health Oriented Design (IHOD) and developed SBS Contributory Indices (SBSCI) for quantifying the sickness severity. Firstly, the contributory indices were extracted from a well-practiced checklist of SBS determinants. Then, the indices were reconciled using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and equation-based Bayesian Networks, and finally, the newly developed metric (i.e., SBSCI) was exemplified by a case study. The results show that the sickness level decreased by approximately 82% after IHOD modifications, implying that the modified architectural design can be less sick (inherently healthier) than the baseline design. This work presents a nexus study between the implications of "inherent" solutions and healthy buildings. This cross-cutting study would offer a new perspective on the early inspection and prevention for sick building induced health problems.

固有安全概念源于固有安全概念，固有健康是一种新方法，旨在发掘可从源头消除或显着降低健康风险的主动、根本和永久的解决方案，从而避免增加广泛的管道末端保护。然而，迄今为止，人们对使用这种新方法预防病态建筑综合症 (SBS) 的关注有限，并且尚未建立用于在规划阶段量化“疾病”的评估工具。为此，这项工作调查了通过固有健康导向设计 (IHOD) 解决 SBS 的可行性，并开发了 SBS 贡献指数 (SBSCI) 以量化疾病的严重程度。首先，贡献指数是从一个经过良好实践的 SBS 决定因素清单中提取的。然后，这些指数使用层次分析法 (AHP) 和基于方程的贝叶斯网络进行协调，最后，新开发的度量标准（即 SBSCI）以案例研究为例。结果表明，经过 IHOD 修改后，疾病水平降低了大约 82%，这意味着修改后的建筑设计可以比基线设计更不生病（本质上更健康）。这项工作提出了“固有”解决方案与健康建筑之间的联系研究。这项跨领域的研究将为早期检查和预防病态建筑引起的健康问题提供新的视角。结果表明，经过 IHOD 修改后，疾病水平降低了大约 82%，这意味着修改后的建筑设计可以比基线设计更不生病（本质上更健康）。这项工作提出了“固有”解决方案与健康建筑之间的联系研究。这项跨领域的研究将为早期检查和预防病态建筑引起的健康问题提供新的视角。结果表明，经过 IHOD 修改后，疾病水平降低了大约 82%，这意味着修改后的建筑设计可以比基线设计更不生病（本质上更健康）。这项工作提出了“固有”解决方案与健康建筑之间的联系研究。这项跨领域的研究将为早期检查和预防病态建筑引起的健康问题提供新的视角。