Indoor air quality and its effects on humans—A review of challenges and developments in the last 30 years

KW Tham - Energy and buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
A reflective approach is adopted in analyzing the reviews on the impact of indoor air quality
on humans over the last 30 years (1986–2016). The major findings reiterate the concerns of …

Airborne spread of expiratory droplet nuclei between the occupants of indoor environments: A review

ZT Ai, AK Melikov - Indoor air, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews past studies of airborne transmission between occupants in indoor
environments, focusing on the spread of expiratory droplet nuclei from mouth/nose to …

The flow physics of COVID-19

R Mittal, R Ni, JH Seo - Journal of fluid Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
Flow physics plays a key role in nearly every facet of the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes
the generation and aerosolization of virus-laden respiratory droplets from a host, its airborne …

Indoor aerosol science aspects of SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission

WW Nazaroff - Indoor Air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge about person‐to‐person transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 is reviewed,
emphasizing three components: emission of virus‐containing particles and drops from …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission and reduction of aerosols in classrooms using air purifier systems

S Burgmann, U Janoske - Physics of fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) as an airborne respiratory disease led to a bunch of open
questions: how teaching in classrooms is possible and how the risk of infection can be …

Test rooms to study human comfort in buildings: A review of controlled experiments and facilities

AL Pisello, I Pigliautile, M Andargie, C Berger… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Occupants' comfort perception affects building energy consumptions. To improve the
understanding of human comfort, which is crucial to reduce energy demand, laboratory …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of a mobile HEPA filter system on 'infectious' aerosols, sound and air velocity in the SenseLab

PM Bluyssen, M Ortiz, D Zhang - Building and environment, 2021 - Elsevier
High efficiency air filtration has been suggested to reduce airborne transmission of
'infectious' aerosols. In this study the 'air cleaning'effect as well as the effect on sound and air …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal comfort of heterogeneous and dynamic indoor conditions—An overview

AK Mishra, M Loomans, JLM Hensen - Building and Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
The buildings sector, being a leading energy consumer, would need to lead in conservation
efforts as well. There is a growing consensus that variability in indoor conditions can be …

Human skin oil: a major ozone reactant indoors

CJ Weschler, WW Nazaroff - Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Human skin oil is rich in ozone-reactive compounds, including squalene and unsaturated
acyl groups of free fatty acids, glycerols, and wax esters. Squalene and unsaturated acyl …

How human thermal plume influences near-human transport of respiratory droplets and airborne particles: a review

S Sun, J Li, J Han - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
With mounting evidence and notable cases of large clustered infections, airborne
transmission via droplets and particles has been recently acknowledged as an effective …