Category: CIVIL 460 Course – 2019-2020
Microbiology of the Built Environment
Author: Margareta Bali “Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take, microorganisms will be watching you.” As you already probably know, microorganisms are literally everywhere – in the air, water and soil, and also in our built environment, which comprises houses, offices and vehicles, among others. But (…)
Indoor Air Quality in Spacecraft Cabins
Author: Fabio Appavou It is well known that the indoor air quality of buildings is extremely important as about 90% of our daily time is spent indoors [1]. It is also well known that indoor air can be 2 to 5 times more polluted than outdoor air, thus leading to compromise the health of the (…)
Air Humidity and Indoor Air Quality
Author: Dupart Louis As an introduction let’s take a look at a commonly used design tool: the Psychometric chart I know it looks really complicated and we are not gonna explain everything about this graph. I’m using it to show two main points: You can clearly see that there is a given comfort zone in (…)
Are candles toxic to indoor air quality?
Author: Helen Vera Krarup More information is known about pollutants in outdoor air than in indoor air, although we spend about 90% of our time in public or private indoor environments. There are various sources of indoor air pollution, to name a few, such as emissions from building materials and furniture, electric equipment, heating or (…)
IoT Sensing of Indoor Air Quality – Is This a Future?
Author: Seoyeon Yun What is IoT sensing technology and how can it be applied to monitoring indoor air quality? Why is it important to monitor indoor air quality? What are the benefits of IoT sensing technology? What are the other related topics of IoT sensing? Are there some available commercial products in the market? How (…)