Impacts of Building Ventilation and Air Filtration Systems on Indoor Pollutant Exposure
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 6
Special Issue Editors
Interests: indoor air quality; aerosol science; indoor volatile organic compounds; online high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry; indoor chemistry; healthy building; building ventilation; air cleaning; air filtration; VOC sensors; human inhalation exposure
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Interests: atmospheric radiative transfer; satellite; airborne and ground-based remote sensing; retrieval of atmospheric and surface properties; electromagnetic scattering theory; cirrus; operational satellite data assimilation; numerical methods; big data; machine learning techniques
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
People are surrounded by a diverse spectrum of gaseous and particulate air pollutants indoors, from a variety of sources, many of which can accumulate to harmful levels if not properly controlled. Because people spend over 85% of their time indoors, the cumulative exposures indoors may outweigh those from outdoor environments, making indoor air quality (IAQ) a critical determinant of human health and well-being. Ventilation and air filtration systems represent the primary engineering controls for mitigating pollutant exposure, yet their effectiveness depends on multiple factors such as design, operation and environmental conditions. Moreover, emerging challenges—such as increasing urban air pollution, energy efficiency requirements, climate-driven shifts in building operation and the heightened attention to airborne disease transmission—underscore the urgent need to reassess how building systems can be optimized to protect occupants while balancing energy and sustainability goals.
This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge contributions at the interface of building engineering, exposure science, atmospheric chemistry and health-risk assessment. We welcome experimental research, modeling studies, review articles and case studies that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Quantification of exposure to indoor pollutants (e.g., VOCs, PM, ultrafines, bioaerosols, ozone, nitrogen oxides) under different ventilation regimes
- Comparative performance and mechanistic evaluation of air filtration, air cleaning technologies or hybrid systems
- Modeling approaches (e.g., CFD) that integrate ventilation, filtration or other air cleaning technologies to estimate spatial–temporal exposure
- Field studies or long-term monitoring campaigns connecting ventilation or filtration changes to indoor pollutant concentration and exposure metrics
- Trade-offs and co-benefits: exposure reduction, energy consumption, byproduct formation, cost–benefit analysis
- Health or perceptual outcomes associated with exposure changes following system modifications
Dr. Tianren Wu
Dr. Stephan Havemann
Dr. Jie Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- indoor exposure
- air filtration
- building ventilation
- indoor air quality
- air-cleaning technologies
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