A comprehensive review of microbial contamination in the indoor environment: sources, sampling, health risks, and mitigation strategies

H Chawla, P Anand, K Garg, N Bhagat… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The quality of the indoor environment significantly impacts human health and productivity,
especially given the amount of time individuals spend indoors globally. While chemical …

Bedrooms and the Vulnerability of Sleepers to Extreme Heat Events

S Emmitt - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Insufficient sleep is known to have an impact on health, wellbeing, and productivity. Sleep
has been explored extensively in the medical literature but has received scant attention in …

Ten questions concerning the paradox of minimizing airborne transmission of infectious aerosols in densely occupied spaces via sustainable ventilation and other …

N Ghaddar, K Ghali - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Airborne disease transmission in indoor spaces and resulting cross-contamination has been
a topic of broad concern for years–especially recently with the outbreak of COVID-19. Global …

Developing smart air purifier control strategies for better IAQ and energy efficiency using reinforcement learning

W Shang, J Liu, C Wang, J Li, X Dai - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
PM2. 5 has negative impact on human health. Although air purifiers can remove indoor PM2.
5 effectively, occupants do not use them well to achieve best performance. It is important to …

[HTML][HTML] A new clustering method with an ensemble of weighted distance metrics to discover daily patterns of indoor air quality

X Sha, Z Ma, S Sethuvenkatraman, W Li - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel clustering method with an ensemble distance metric to identify
meaningful daily patterns of building indoor air quality (IAQ). The novelty of this work is to …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the nexus between bedroom design and sleep quality in a warming climate

S Emmitt - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
Bedrooms are important spaces that are often overlooked in the design of residential
properties. The interior environment of bedrooms directly affects our sleep quality, which …

Indoor air purification and residents' self-rated health: evidence from the China health and nutrition survey

L Li, Y Zheng, S Ma - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Indoor air pollution is injurious to human health, even worse than outdoor air pollution.
However, there is a lack of empirical evidence using large samples in developing countries …

Experimental study on the control effects of different strategies on particle transportation in a conference room: Mechanical ventilation, baffle, portable air cleaner, and …

Y Mao, H Xie, J Liang, J He, J Ren - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2023 - Elsevier
To control the spread and transmission of airborne particles (especially SARS-CoV-2
coronavirus, recently) in the indoor environment, many control strategies have been …

Mobile Sensing and Modeling Air Pollution Hotspots in Urban Neighborhoods

E Jain, D Acharya - 2022 IEEE International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most Indian cities have seen rapid urbanization due to huge migration of population leading
to a substantial rise in construction activities, vehicular emissions, and uncontrolled growth …

Evaluation of fixed and adaptive concentration thresholds for particle filter systems

AY Mendell, AW Olson, JA Siegel - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Particle filtration can effectively reduce indoor concentrations of particulate matter (PM) but
may incur high energy use. This study evaluates fixed and adaptive concentration …