Technical support document on risk assessment of chemical mixtures.

"EPA/600/8-90/064."

Driftless area assessment.

"Examines an area in extreme northwestern Illinois formed by the Galena, Apple, and Plum River systems ... designated a state Resource Rich Area."--P. iii.

Du Page River area assessment.

Examines six subbasins of the Du Page River, covering approximately 372 square miles in northeastern Illinois, mostly in Du Page and Will Counties with small portions in Cook, Kane, Kendall, and Grundy Counties. One subbasin, the East Branch Du Page River, has been designated a state "Resource Rich Area".

Kaskaskia River area assessment.

Vols. 1 and 3 published 2000; v. 2 and 4: 1999.

Lower Rock River area assessment.

"Examines an area in northwestern Illinois formed by the Rock and Green River systems ... designated a state Resource Rich Area"--P. iii.

Prairie Parklands area assessment.

Examines 1,477 square miles in northeastern Illinois that historically was open prairie with a park-like appearance of scattered trees. The area encompasses 25 subbasins along the Illinois, Des Plaines, and Kankakee rivers, of which 8 have been designated a state Resource Rich Area.

Sinkhole Plain area assessment.

"Examines a karst/cave area in southwestern Illinois bordering the Mississippi River ... designated a state Resource Rich Area."--P. iii.

Spoon River area assessment.

"Examines the Spoon River basin in west central Illinois"--P. iii.

Sugar-Pecatonica area assessment.

"Examines an area in north central Illinois along the Wisconsin/Illinois border ... designated a state Resource Rich Area."--P. iii.

Thorn Creek area assessment /

Examines a small area of southern Cook County and northeastern Will County in Illinois--a portion of which has been designated a state Resource Rich Area.

The relationship of socioeconomic and environmental factors with health trends in Illinois /

Cover title.

Upper Sangamon River area assessment.

"Examines an area of more than 1,200 square miles in east central Illinois ... designated a state Resource Rich Area."--P. iii.

Vermilion River area assessment.

Examines an area in east central Illinois along the Indiana/Illinois border designated a state Resource Rich Area.

Indoor air--assessment : a review of indoor air quality risk characterization studies : United States, 1989-1990.

"EPA/600/8-90/044."

The mathematical modelling of the environmental performance of buildings as an aid in the design process

This thesis is a theoretical study of the accuracy and usability of models that attempt to represent the environmental control system of buildings in order to improve environmental design. These models have evolved from crude representations of a building and its environment through to an accurate representation of the dynamic characteristics of the environmental stimuli on buildings. Each generation of models has had its own particular influence on built form. This thesis analyses the theory, structure and data of such models in terms of their accuracy of simulation and therefore their validity in influencing built form. The models are also analysed in terms of their compatability with the design process and hence their ability to aid designers. The conclusions are that such models are unlikely to improve environmental performance since: a the models can only be applied to a limited number of building types, b they can only be applied to a restricted number of the characteristics of a design, c they can only be employed after many major environmental decisions have been made, d the data used in models is inadequate and unrepresentative, e models do not account for occupant interaction in environmental control. It is argued that further improvements in the accuracy of simulation of environmental control will not significantly improve environmental design. This is based on the premise that strategic environmental decisions are made at the conceptual stages of design whereas models influence the detailed stages of design. It is hypothesised that if models are to improve environmental design it must be through the analysis of building typologies which provides a method of feedback between models and the conceptual stages of design. Field studies are presented to describe a method by which typologies can be analysed and a theoretical framework is described which provides a basis for further research into the implications of the morphology of buildings on environmental design.