Posts Tagged ‘indoorair’

Role of ventilation on the transmission of viruses in buildings, from a single zone to a multizone approach – PMC

August 15, 2026

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9541182/
QT:{{” We observe that this widespread recommendation to open the window of a quarantine room and to seal the door is based on the consideration of a single zone model. We illustrate the importance of moving from such a single zone approach to a multizone approach for quantifying ventilation and airing impacts in multizone buildings as residences in order to prevent epidemics of viruses such as
SARS‐CoV‐2. It highlights the need of air leakage databases. “}}

Guyot, G., Sayah, S., Guernouti, S., & Mélois, A. (2022). Role of ventilation on the transmission of viruses in buildings, from a single zone to a multizone approach. Indoor Air, 32(8), e13097.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.13097

Could an $800 air filter be a cheap fix for the threat of airborne COVID in hotel quarantine? – ABC News

August 15, 2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-13/hotel-quarantine-ventilation-air-purifiers-reduce-covid-threat/13146068

To prevent SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in designated quarantine hotel for travelers: Is the ventilation system a concern? – PMC

August 15, 2026

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8447387/

Wong, S., Chen, H., Lung, D. C., Ho, P., Yuen, K., & Cheng, V. C. (2021). To prevent SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in designated quarantine hotel for travelers: Is the ventilation system a concern? Indoor Air, 31(5), 1295–1297. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12870

Hotels as quarantine facilities with airborne virus controls – PMC

August 15, 2026

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12326987/

Do houseplants improve air quality?

June 14, 2026

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/05/08/do-houseplants-improve-air-quality can house plants improve air quality

very sketchy evidence – yet people market these on Amazon

some ARPA-H recent videos of interest

June 12, 2026

(Why is IAQ important )
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8HWmQhFR-4A

Should We All Be ‘House Burping’? – The New York Times

March 29, 2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/realestate/what-is-house-burping-luften.html

QT:{{”
In the last few weeks, an unfamiliar German term may have surfaced on your social media feeds. “Lüften” roughly translates to “ventilate” or “airing out” and involves just that — opening windows in your home once or twice a day, regardless of the outside temperature, to eliminate stale air.
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Should we all be “house burping”?

March 5, 2026

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/realestate/what-is-house-burping-luften.html

It may improve your home air quality.

February 18, 2026

The German practice of “lüften” is gaining traction on social media.

see you today at 1 pm for ARPA-H

February 27, 2026

We don’t have anything like this in Connecticut, but [useful].

https://maineindoorair.org/

NYTimes: People Need Clean Air. To Get It, They Need Clear Data.

October 19, 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/headway/air-quality-sensors-pollution-data.html