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Climate change – health impacts due to changes in the indoor environment; research need [PDF]
, 2012 People in industrialised countries spend approximately 80% of their time indoors and the young and the elderly and people in poor health are likely to spend considerably more time indoors, particularly at home. Therefore all aspects of health that are
Crump, Derrick
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, 1999 Building designers aim to create buildings with high quality internal environments which are energy and cost efficient in their use. Failure to attain these objectives simultaneously can lead to reduced building occupant productivities.
Lugg, Andrew
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Applied Sciences, 2022 A Chinese commercial kitchen fume exhaust (CCKEF) system mainly consists of a wall-mounted canopy hood, air duct and terminal electrostatic purifiers, the capture and purification performance of which should be guaranteed to obtain satisfactory indoor ...
Awen Zhang +5 more
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A Modified Surgical Face Mask to Improve Protection and Wearing Comfort
Buildings, 2022 Wearing face masks is essential for reducing infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, ordinary surgical face masks can provide only moderate protection.
Tengfei (Tim) Zhang +2 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 An elevator shaft provides passage for air exchange across floors and thus imposes infectious disease transmission risk. The moving elevator car generates positive air pressure in the shaft section to which the car approaches, while negative air pressure
Tengfei (Tim) Zhang +2 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Airborne pollutant transport in an aircraft cabin is greatly affected by the created airflow. The seat layout can impact the flow and thus the pollutant transport. Most studies have adopted symmetric upright seats for simplicity.
Tengfei (Tim) Zhang +2 more
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Buildings, 2022 Leaked air from an aircraft cabin into its envelope walls through cracks can lead to a large amount of moisture condensation on inner shell skins and in insulation layers.
Tengfei (Tim) Zhang +2 more
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Studies of Subjective Sleep Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviors in Chinese Residential Buildings in Nine Cities [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Sleep thermal comfort greatly impacts the quality of sleep. For residents from different climate regions, their level of sleep thermal comfort may have a large difference due to the variations in climate, and other adaptive factors such as the changes in
Hong Weiping +3 more
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Optimization Study of Sampling Device for Semi-Volatile Oil Mist in the Industrial Workshop
Atmosphere, 2022 A large number of metalworking fluids in industrial manufacturing processes generate high-concentrations of oil mist pollution, which is a typical semi-volatile aerosol and is generally composed of liquid particles and volatile gas components.
Yukun Wang +4 more
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ENVIE Co-ordination action on indoor air quality and health effects; WP3 Final report – Characterisation of spaces and source [PDF]
, 2012 Human exposure to environmental pollutants occurs via various pathways. For many pollutants, especially the volatile ones, air exposure is the dominant pathway.
de Oliveira Fernandes, Eduardo +4 more
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