Category: CIVIL 460 Course – 2018-2019
Impact of Indoor Air quality on Human Productivity
Author: Xiaoli Li Background It is widely recognized that there is a significant relation between indoor air quality and human productivity. Workers exposed to poor air quality may get tired easily, find it difficult to concentrate or even get sick, resulting in less productivity and thus probably remarkable financial loss for employers since staff costs (…)
Emerging HVAC Filtration and Air Cleaning Technologies
Author: Pablo Santolaya Air pollution is one of the ten biggest global health threats as stated by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to it’s devastating toll of nearly 7 million death every year as consequence of related illnesses, be for people with preexisting conditions such as allergies or healthy ones [1]. This is mostly (…)
Humans As Sources Of Indoor Particles And Gases
Author: Íñigo Bandeira Eguiraun Breathing is a main need for a person to live. In average, we inhale 11.000 litres of air per day1. Bad air quality is a risk for humans. According to the World Health Organization the number of deaths caused by a bad air quality in 2017 reached 4,2 million people2. The (…)
Ventilation strategies to reduce transmission of airborne diseases
Author: Julie Gros We spend the majority of our time inside buildings (approximately 87% of our lifetime indoors according to researches [1] ) and ventilation is closely related to the quality and dynamics of air within buildings, which necessarily influences transmission of airborne diseases. Therefore, it is interesting to explore if certain ventilation strategies tend (…)
Impact of Personal Care Products on Human Exposure
Author: Serra Yildirim Do you choose your deodorant or shampoo according to its smell? Does the smell of the cosmetics persuade you to buy them? Do you enjoy a nicely smelling bath after a long day? Most people would say yes to these questions. But do we know the ugly truth behind these nice (…)
Dealing with the air quality inside hospital operating theatres
Author: Anno Dederichs The operating theatre of a hospital is an area that most people will try to avoid as much as possible during their whole life, as in most cases when one is needed, it does not emit a positive signal concerning a person’s health. For a smaller group of people, doctors and nurses (…)
HOBEL @Home: Healthy air quality practices at your home
Author: Dusan Licina Think about how much time you plan to spend outdoors today? Research shows that we spend approximately 90% of our lifetime in enclosed spaces, while as much as 69% of that time is within the home.1 While cooking, cleaning or even comfortably resting on a sofa, we are exposed to a myriad (…)