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 …

A critical review on occupant behaviour modelling for building performance simulation of naturally ventilated school buildings and potential changes due to the COVID …

PB Franceschini, LO Neves - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Occupant behaviour (OB) is one of the main causes of the energy performance gap between
buildings' performance prediction versus reality, since, due to its uncertainty and …

Ventilation conditions and their influence on thermal comfort in examination classrooms in times of COVID-19. A case study in a Spanish area with Mediterranean …

MT Miranda, P Romero, V Valero-Amaro… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current evidence and recent publications have led to the recognition that aerosol-borne
transmission of COVID-19 is possible in indoor areas such as educational centers. A crucial …

[HTML][HTML] Ventilation and thermal conditions in secondary schools in the Netherlands: Effects of COVID-19 pandemic control and prevention measures

E Ding, D Zhang, A Hamida, C García-Sánchez… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of ventilation was widely stressed and new
protocols of ventilation were implemented in school buildings worldwide. In the Netherlands …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the impact of air purifiers and window operation upon indoor air quality-UK nurseries during Covid-19

S Zhang, S Stamp, E Cooper, K Curran… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many indoor air pollutants have been demonstrated to have a negative impact on occupants
and due to physiological and behavioural differences, young children are more vulnerable …

Monitoring and assessment of indoor environmental conditions after the implementation of COVID-19-based ventilation strategies in an educational building in …

AJ Aguilar, ML de la Hoz-Torres, MD Martínez-Aires… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since students and teachers spend much of their time in educational buildings, it is critical to
provide good levels of indoor environmental quality (IEQ). The current COVID-19 pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of different ventilation strategies and CO2 distribution in a naturally ventilated classroom

Á Muelas, P Remacha, A Pina, E Tizné… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
CO 2 monitoring has proven to be an effective and affordable way of controlling air
ventilation rates, a paramount task for minimizing airborne contagions in indoor shared …

[HTML][HTML] Smart Healthy Schools: An IoT-enabled concept for multi-room dynamic air quality control

A Zivelonghi, A Giuseppi - Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Smart Healthy Schools (SHS) are a new paradigm in building engineering and
infection risk control in school buildings where the disciplines of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), IoT …

Research on the influence of indoor thermal environment and activity levels on thermal comfort in protective clothing

W Yao, X Li, W Cao, G Li, L Ren, W Gao - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
With the outbreak of infectious diseases such as Corona Virus Disease 2019, medical staff
work intensively in isolated plots, medical disposable protective clothing (MDPC) has poor …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of determining factors in the thermal comfort of university students. A comparative study between Spain and Portugal

P Romero, V Valero-Amaro, R Isidoro, MT Miranda - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
The quality of the indoor thermal environment is essential because of its impact on the
energy efficiency of buildings and on the health and well-being of those who occupy them …