Indoor air quality: a review of cleaning technologies

TM Mata, AA Martins, CSC Calheiros, F Villanueva… - Environments, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aims: Indoor air quality (IAQ) has attracted increased attention with the emergence of COVID-
19. Ventilation is perhaps the area in which the most changes have been proposed in …

Computer vision to advance the sensing and control of built environment towards occupant-centric sustainable development: A critical review

J Wang, L Jiang, H Yu, Z Feng, R Castaño-Rosa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
As urban development progresses, the built environment control has faced more critical
challenges in improving energy efficiency, air quality, and environmental comfort. Occupant …

Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic

N Agarwal, CS Meena, BP Raj, L Saini, A Kumar… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The advent of COVID-19 has impinged millions of people. The increased
concern of the virus spread in confined spaces due to meteorological factors has …

A review of strategies and their effectiveness in reducing indoor airborne transmission and improving indoor air quality

AN Nair, P Anand, A George, N Mondal - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission arises through the inhalation of aerosol droplets exhaled by an
infected person and is now thought to be the primary transmission route of COVID-19. Thus …

The role of outdoor and indoor air quality in the spread of SARS-CoV-2: Overview and recommendations by the research group on COVID-19 and particulate matter …

P Piscitelli, A Miani, L Setti, G De Gennaro… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are important questions surrounding the potential contribution of outdoor and indoor
air quality in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and perpetuation of COVID-19 epidemic …

Designing post COVID-19 buildings: Approaches for achieving healthy buildings

S Navaratnam, K Nguyen, K Selvaranjan, G Zhang… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the accessibility, social gathering, lifestyle, and working
environment to be changed to reduce the infection. Coronavirus spreads between people in …

A critical review of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems within the context of a global SARS-CoV-2 epidemic

AM Elsaid, HA Mohamed, GB Abdelaziz… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread over the world, resulting in more
than 225 million patients, and 4.7 million deaths in September 2021. It also caused panic …

The impact of sun sail-shading strategy on the thermal comfort in school courtyards

D Elgheznawy, S Eltarabily - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, achieving outdoor thermal comfort has attracted considerable attention in many
studies in regions with hot and humid climates. Sun sails have been used as a traditional …

COVID-19 and urban spaces: A new integrated CFD approach for public health opportunities

AM Hassan, NA Megahed - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Safe urban public spaces are vital owing to their impacts on public health, especially during
pandemics such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Urban public spaces and urbanscape …

A review of occupancy-based building energy and IEQ controls and its future post-COVID

P Anand, D Cheong, C Sekhar - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupancy schedules and density can have a substantial influence on building plug,
lighting, and air conditioning energy usage. In recent years, the study related to occupancy …