Ventilation strategies and design impacts on indoor airborne transmission: A review

N Izadyar, W Miller - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the indoor airborne transmission issue to the forefront.
Although ventilation systems provide clean air and dilute indoor contaminated air, there is …

[HTML][HTML] Ventilation regimes of school classrooms against airborne transmission of infectious respiratory droplets: a review

E Ding, D Zhang, PM Bluyssen - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission of small respiratory droplets (ie, aerosols) is one of the dominant
transmission routes of pathogens of several contagious respiratory diseases, which mainly …

[HTML][HTML] How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?

L Morawska, JW Tang, W Bahnfleth, PM Bluyssen… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the rapid rise in COVID-19 illnesses and deaths globally, and notwithstanding
recommended precautions, questions are voiced about routes of transmission for this …

High energy efficiency ventilation to limit COVID-19 contagion in school environments

L Schibuola, C Tambani - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the possibility to contain COVID-19 contagion in indoor environments
via increasing ventilation rates obtained through high energy efficiency systems combining …

[HTML][HTML] A review on indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19–modelling and mitigation approaches

S Rayegan, C Shu, J Berquist, J Jeon, LG Zhou… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past few years, significant efforts have been made to investigate the transmission of
COVID-19. This paper provides a review of the COVID-19 airborne transmission modeling …

[HTML][HTML] Energy efficient ventilation and indoor air quality in the context of COVID-19-A systematic review

TT Moghadam, CEO Morales, MJL Zambrano… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
New COVID-19 ventilation guidelines have resulted in higher energy consumption to
maintain indoor air quality (IAQ), and energy efficiency has become a secondary concern …

Control of airborne infectious disease in buildings: Evidence and research priorities

PJ Bueno de Mesquita, WW Delp, WR Chan… - Indoor …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of SARS‐CoV‐2 virus has resulted in variants likely to be more readily
transmitted through respiratory aerosols, underscoring the increased potential for indoor …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of ventilation solutions for hospital wards: Addressing cross-infection and patient safety

B Nourozi, A Wierzbicka, R Yao, S Sadrizadeh - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite various preventive interventions, nosocomial cross-infection remains a significant
challenge in healthcare facilities worldwide. Consequently, prolonged hospitalization …

Human exhalation characterization with the aid of schlieren imaging technique

C Xu, PV Nielsen, L Liu, RL Jensen, G Gong - Building and environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to determine the dispersion and distribution characteristics of
exhaled airflow for accurate prediction of disease transmission. The development of airflow …

Onsite measurement and dilution-based infection risk assessment for a new mobile negative pressure isolation room (MNPIR) as a solution to minimize cross-infection

J Cho, S Jang, J Song - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes an onsite measurement protocol and infection risk assessment using
tracer gas tests based on the dilution-based method to evaluate the ventilation system's …