VENTILATION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION OF AIRBORNE DISEASES
We spend the majority of our time inside buildings (approximately 87% of our lifetime indoors according to researches [1] ) and ventilation is closely related to the quality and dynamics of air within buildings, which necessarily influences transmission of airborne diseases. Therefore, it is interesting to explore if certain ventilation strategies tend to reduce airborne (…)
DEALING WITH THE AIR QUALITY INSIDE HOSPITAL OPERATING THEATRES
The operating theatre of a hospital is an area that most people will try to avoid as much as possible during their whole life, as in most cases when one is needed, it does not emit a positive signal concerning a person’s health. For a smaller group of people, doctors and nurses mostly, an operating (…)
HOBEL @HOME: HEALTHY AIR QUALITY PRACTICES AT YOUR HOME
Think about how much time you plan to spend outdoors today? Research shows that we spend approximately 90% of our lifetime in enclosed spaces, while as much as 69% of that time is within the home.1 While cooking, cleaning or even comfortably resting on a sofa, we are exposed to a myriad of tiny and invisible (…)