Human exposure to indoor air pollutants in sleep microenvironments: A literature review

BE Boor, MP Spilak, J Laverge, A Novoselac… - Building and …, 2017 - Elsevier
We spend approximately one-third of our lives sleeping, yet little is known as to how human
exposure to indoor air pollutants during sleep impacts human health and sleep quality. This …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the indoor air quality in residential Passive House dwellings

G Rojas, M Fletcher, D Johnston, M Siddall - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Passive House (PH) Standard is a voluntary building energy performance
standard focused upon reducing space heating demand to a very low level and therefore …

Insights into the profile of the human expiratory microbiota and its associations with indoor microbiotas

Y Zhang, F Shen, Y Yang, M Niu, D Chen… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microorganisms residing in the human respiratory tract can be exhaled, and they constitute a
part of environmental microbiotas. However, the expiratory microbiota community and its …

Indoor air quality in California homes with code‐required mechanical ventilation

BC Singer, WR Chan, YS Kim, FJ Offermann… - Indoor …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Data were collected in 70 detached houses built in 2011‐2017 in compliance with the
mechanical ventilation requirements of California's building energy efficiency standards …

Simplified speciation and atmospheric volatile organic compound emission rates from non‐aerosol personal care products

AM Yeoman, M Shaw, N Carslaw, T Murrells… - Indoor …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from personal care products (PCPs) can affect
indoor air quality and outdoor air quality when ventilated. In this paper, we determine a set of …

A cross-sectional field study of bedroom ventilation and sleep quality in Denmark during the heating season

C Liao, X Fan, M Bivolarova, J Laverge, C Sekhar… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Parameters describing the bedroom environment and sleep quality were measured
overnight for one week in 84 randomly selected actual bedrooms in Denmark from …

Impact of climate change on indoor air quality

A Gherasim, AG Lee… - … and Allergy Clinics, 2024 - immunology.theclinics.com
Background Our climate has measurably changed over the years with globally averaged
carbon dioxide (CO 2) concentration increasing from 250 to 410 ppm (www. ipcc. ch) …

Project-based learning experience that uses portable air sensors to characterize indoor and outdoor air quality

JC D'eon, LT Stirchak, AS Brown… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Understanding how to interpret and manipulate large data sets is increasingly important
today; however, this experience has been slow to trickle down to the typical undergraduate …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing indoor air quality, thermal environment and window opening in natural-ventilated Norwegian bedrooms: An extensive field study

V Heide, L Georges, H Breesch - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
To generalize research on indoor air quality (IAQ) in bedrooms, the objective of this article is
to characterize IAQ for the cold climate of Norway. The relationship between ventilation …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical ventilation and indoor air quality in recently constructed US homes in marine and cold-dry climates

CA Antonopoulos, SI Rosenberg, H Zhao… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Data were collected to characterize whole-house mechanical ventilation (WHMV) and
indoor air quality (IAQ) in 55 homes in the Marine climate of Oregon and the Cold-Dry …