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AIRBODS: Airborne Infection Reduction through Building Operation and Design for SARS-CoV-2

Submitted by on Thu, 03/02/2023 - 11:49

The Airborne Infection Reduction through Building Operation and Design for SARS-CoV-2 (AIRBODS ) project aim is to deliver guidance on the ventilation operation and future design of non-domestic buildings and to quantify the risk of, and reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in buildings. It is doing this through experimentation, computer simulation and fieldwork supporting the guidance and tools.

REMARK: This Q&A was part of the AIVC special COVID-19 newsletter published in February 2021. To subscribe to the newsletter please click here.

No. One cannot rely solely on a strategy of dilution through building ventilation to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission to a low level.

The effect of external surface properties on the thermal behaviour of a transparently insulated wall

Submitted by on Tue, 06/17/2014 - 15:25

The properties of transparent plaster covering transparent insulation materials (TIM) were investigated using a whole building simulation program (ESP-r). The outer plaster was made from glass balls of different diameter, glued together with synthetic resin. The transmittance of the whole transparent covering layer (plaster + TIM) was estimated for different solar incident angles by laboratory measurements. The innovative character of the materials required refining of ESP-r’s optical database in order to take into account these new characteristics.