Indoor air quality in inpatient environments: a systematic review on factors that influence chemical pollution in inpatient wards

M Gola, G Settimo, S Capolongo - Journal of Healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Indoor air quality is one the main issues in which governments are focusing. In
healing spaces, several research studies are reporting a growing number of data analysis …

Experimental and modelling investigations of air exchange and infection transfer due to hinged-door motion in office and hospital settings

A Hathway, I Papakonstantis… - … Journal of Ventilation, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Occupants spend a significant amount of time indoors where temperature and air quality has
an important impact on their comfort, health and work performance. Understanding the role …

An experimental study of the flow induced by the motion of a hinged door separating two rooms

IG Papakonstantis, EA Hathway, W Brevis - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The indoor air flow and mass exchange induced by the rotating motion of a hinged door
separating two rooms is investigated. Experiments were conducted in a scale model based …

[PDF][PDF] CFD SIMULATION OF AIRFLOW DUE TO DOOR MOTION USING A MOMENTUM SOURCE METHOD.

A Hathway, I Papakonstantis - Proceedings of BS2015: 14th …, 2015 - publications.ibpsa.org
There is a growing interest into the effect of human behaviour on indoor airflow, and recently
there has been a rapid improvement in our ability to simulate this within CFD. However …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of door opening in hospital isolation room

P Kalliomäki, P Saarinen, H Koskela - 45th R3 Nordic Symposium … - researchgate.net
This project studying airflow patterns across the isolation room doorway was carried out in
co-operation between Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) and National …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of smoke isolation performance when a swinging door with louvers is applied at the interface between smoking and non-smoking zone at an …

NN TetsuyaYamada, N Kagi - researchgate.net
In recent years, passive smoking by non-smokers in workplace has been a matter of great
concern. In the guidelines for smoking in workplaces established by Japanese government …