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Accounting for airflow dynamics rather than just airflow volume helped researchers measure an 85 per cent reduction in airborne pathogens inside a working UBC Okanagan classroom.

In a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a team of researchers has published an editorial calling for national governments to consider mandating real-time indoor air quality monitoring in at least all public buildings.

About EskewDumezRipple EskewDumezRipple, a New Orleans-based architectural practice, winner of the AIA Firm Award, and signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment, seeks a truly extraordinary individual to work with our project teams to enable them to produce buildings that promote human health and...

Fixed thermostat setpoints and schedules are commonly used in residential building energy simulation and rating. While this approach is simple to implement, it does not represent occupants with varying preferences. In this study, based on field data from 102 households in three Australian cities, two alternative thermostat setting approaches were investigated. The first method (Probability Distribution Approach) uses all the values in a thermostat settings probability distribution generated from...

About EskewDumezRipple EskewDumezRipple, a New Orleans-based architectural practice, winner of the AIA Firm Award, and signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment, seeks a truly extraordinary individual to work with our project teams to enable them to produce buildings that promote human health and...

This paper examines the visual performance of building facades that utilize windows with different photochromic-coated glass.

With SARS-CoV-2 variants continuing to evolve, building scientists and air quality specialists have assessed the ventilation rates of rooms required to keep the risk of infection under one percent, concluding that Omicron and its sublineages require ventilation some 50 times greater than the virus did when humanity first encountered it in the spring of 2020.

Cities release 70% of CO2 emissions and utilize two-thirds of global energy production, while buildings consume more than one-third of global final energy consumption; thus, growing energy-usage efficiency in buildings provides more opportunities for sustainable development.

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The Go programming language is deemed to be the most promising programming language today due to its speed and simplicity, and I recommend you to at least get acquainted with it. Quick Introduction Generally speaking, Monte Carlo methods (or simulations) consist of a broad class of computational algorithms that rely on repeated random sampling to obtain numerical results. This technique is used throughout areas such as physics, finance, engineering, project management, insurance, and transport...