Ventilation strategies to reduce airborne transmission of viruses in classrooms: A systematic review of scientific literature

S Ferrari, T Blázquez, R Cardelli, G Puglisi… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The recent pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2 has brought to light the need for strategies to
mitigate contagion between human beings. Apart from hygiene measures and social …

[HTML][HTML] Air quality and ventilation: Exploring solutions for healthy and sustainable urban environments in times of climate change

IL Niza, AM Bueno, MG da Silva, EE Broday - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Ensuring sustainability and reducing energy consumption in the built environment is
essential for achieving energy efficiency and comfort. To obtain a healthy and sustainable …

Transmission mitigation of COVID-19: Exhaled contaminants removal and energy saving in densely occupied space by impinging jet ventilation

C Qin, SZ Zhang, ZT Li, CY Wen, WZ Lu - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The pandemic of COVID-19 and its transmission ability raise much attention to ventilation
design as indoor-transmission outstrips outdoor-transmission. Impinging jet ventilation (IJV) …

Increased airborne transmission of COVID-19 with new variants, implications for health policies

BR Rowe, A Canosa, A Meslem, F Rowe - Building and environment, 2022 - Elsevier
New COVID-19 variants, either of higher viral load such as delta or higher contagiousness
like omicron, can lead to higher airborne transmission than historical strains. This paper …

Effect of ventilation strategy on performance of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system in a learning environment

S Park, R Mistrick, W Sitzabee, D Rim - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system is recently in the limelight as a
potentially effective method to mitigate the risk of airborne virus infection in indoor …

Contaminant removal and contaminant dispersion of air distribution for overall and local airborne infection risk controls

S Zhang, D Niu, Y Lu, Z Lin - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Proper air distribution is crucial for airborne infection risk control of infectious respiratory
diseases like COVID-19. Existing studies evaluate and compare the performances of …

Bioaerosol distribution characteristics and potential SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in a multi-compartment dental clinic

Z Liu, G Yao, Y Li, Z Huang, C Jiang, J He, M Wu… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dental clinics have a potential risk of infection, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Multi-compartment dental clinics are widely used in general hospitals and independent …

Numerical comparison of exhaled particle dispersion under different air distributions for winter heating

T Li, EA Essah, Y Wu, Y Cheng, C Liao - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
People pay close attention to prevent and control the airborne transmission of respiratory
diseases, and effective ventilation can reduce the cross-infection risk. Nevertheless, in …

Experimental study of draft-related local discomfort in a room with stratum ventilation

F Cheng, Y Cheng, Z Lin - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Given increased air movement in rooms with stratum ventilation, draft may be a major cause
of local thermal discomfort. However, there was a lack of comprehensive study on the draft …

Potential of a bed ventilation system in reducing the risk of exposure to contaminants in infectious wards

W Su, Z Ai, A Melikov - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
A proposed bed ventilation system named Hospital Bed Integrated Ventilation Cleansing
Unit (HBIVCU) has shown its great potential in reducing the risk of airborne cross-infection …