Indoor Air Quality: Airborne Disease Measurement, Control, Mitigation and Disinfection
A special issue of Air (ISSN 2813-4168).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 3444
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental control; indoor air quality; built environment; water and sanitation; building safety
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Dear Colleagues,
In the past decades, we have suffered from several pandemics such as severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003, swine flu in 2009 and coronavirus disease in 2019. During these pandemics, many people were infected and died, and our social and economic lives were disastrously affected. The spread of these pandemics may also be related to climate change. Collaborative research efforts towards understanding the root causes of airborne diseases such as climate change, indoor environmental health risks and practical solutions to improve indoor environmental quality are vital to prevent and control the next pandemic. Developing energy-effective indoor air quality improvement measures and technologies is also essential, which can help reduce costs, save natural resources and, mostly, achieve carbon neutrality. This Special Issue is open to any subject area relating to airborne disease including measurement, control and disinfection for indoor air quality. Related topics include, but are not limited to, air and surface disinfection and purification; airborne diseases and transmission; assessment and modeling; bioaerosols; climate change; economic impacts and policies; environmental exposure and health risk assessment; indoor air quality; healthcare facilities; occupant perception, acceptance and response; school; sustainable building; and ventilation. Research papers, analytical reviews, case studies, conceptual frameworks and policy-relevant articles are welcome. These research outcomes will help to develop a more resilient, zero-carbon and healthier future.
Dr. Ling Tim Wong
Dr. Veronica Wai Yee Chan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- air and surface disinfection and purification
- airborne diseases and transmission
- assessment and modeling
- bioaerosols
- climate change
- economic impacts and policies
- elderly home
- environmental exposure and health risk assessment
- indoor air quality
- healthcare facility
- occupant perception, acceptance and response
- school
- sustainable building
- ventilation
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