The need for clean air: the way air pollution and climate change affect allergic rhinitis and asthma

I Eguiluz‐Gracia, AG Mathioudakis, S Bartel… - Allergy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Air pollution and climate change have a significant impact on human health and well‐being
and contribute to the onset and aggravation of allergic rhinitis and asthma among other …

Indoor ozone: Concentrations and influencing factors

WW Nazaroff, CJ Weschler - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Because people spend most of their time indoors, much of their exposure to ozone occurs in
buildings, which are partially protective against outdoor ozone. Measurements in …

Increasing ventilation reduces SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission in schools: A retrospective cohort study in Italy's Marche region

G Buonanno, L Ricolfi, L Morawska… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction While increasing the ventilation rate is an important measure to remove
inhalable virus-laden respiratory particles and lower the risk of infection, direct validation in …

Ventilation procedures to minimize the airborne transmission of viruses in classrooms

L Stabile, A Pacitto, A Mikszewski, L Morawska… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through indoor air is the key challenge of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Crowded indoor environments, such as schools, represent possible …

Use of portable air purifiers in homes: Operating behaviour, effect on indoor PM2. 5 and perceived indoor air quality

E Cooper, Y Wang, S Stamp, E Burman… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In much of the world, people spend on average 65% of their time indoors at home. It is,
therefore, important to understand the quality of air in homes, and how best to improve it …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of indoor air quality and risk of COVID-19 infection in Spanish secondary school and university classrooms

D Rodríguez, IR Urbieta, Á Velasco… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Spanish educational centers were
reopened after six months of lockdown. Ventilation was mostly adopted as a preventive …

[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 …

Indoor air quality investigation of the school environment and estimated health risks: Two-season measurements in primary schools in Kozani, Greece

KK Kalimeri, DE Saraga, VD Lazaridis… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2016 - Elsevier
Two primary schools and one kindergarten were selected in the city of Kozani, Greece in
order to investigate the school environment, the indoor air pollutants that children are …

Indoor air quality and the associated health risk in primary school buildings in Central Europe–The InAirQ study

M Szabados, Z Csákó, B Kotlík, H Kazmarová… - Indoor …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The indoor air quality (IAQ) was investigated in sixty‐four primary school buildings in five
Central European countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia). The …

Developing a data-driven school building stock energy and indoor environmental quality modelling method

Y Schwartz, D Godoy-Shimizu, I Korolija, J Dong… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The school building sector has a pivotal role to play in the transition to a low carbon UK
economy. School buildings are responsible for 15% of the country's public sector carbon …