Abstract
Some key messages that emerged from the conference were:
• Continued lack of certainty about the benefits of forced ventilation over natural ventilation, even for infection control.
• Lack of quantitative scientific justification for the dilution ventilation rates in our guidance documents.
• Knowledge that proximity to an infected person affects infection rate, but the continued lack of certainty about whether that is due to large "ballistic" droplets or just a higher concentration of smaller airborne particles.
Besides the papers from the IAQ 2010 conference mentioned above, this special issue also includes an ten additional papers on similar research areas. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
• Continued lack of certainty about the benefits of forced ventilation over natural ventilation, even for infection control.
• Lack of quantitative scientific justification for the dilution ventilation rates in our guidance documents.
• Knowledge that proximity to an infected person affects infection rate, but the continued lack of certainty about whether that is due to large "ballistic" droplets or just a higher concentration of smaller airborne particles.
Besides the papers from the IAQ 2010 conference mentioned above, this special issue also includes an ten additional papers on similar research areas. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | H V A C & R Research |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 549-551 |
| ISSN | 2374-4731 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | ASHRAE IAQ 2010: Airborne Infection Control - Ventilation, IAQ, & Energy - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 10 Nov 2010 → 12 Nov 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | ASHRAE IAQ 2010 |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Malaysia |
| City | Kuala Lumpur |
| Period | 10/11/2010 → 12/11/2010 |
Keywords
- Construction
- Research
- Ventilation