Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings

Lidia Morawska; Joseph Allen; William Bahnfleth; Belinda Bennett; Philomena M Bluyssen; Atze Boerstra; Giorgio Buonanno; Junji Cao; Stephanie J Dancer; Andres Floto; Francesco Franchimon; Trish Greenhalgh; Charles Haworth; Jaap Hogeling; Christina Isaxon; Jose L Jimenez; Amanda Kennedy; Prashant Kumar; Jarek Kurnitski; Yuguo Li; Marcel Loomans; Guy Marks; Linsey C Marr; Livio Mazzarella; Arsen Krikor Melikov; Shelly L Miller; Donald K Milton; Jason Monty; Peter V Nielsen; Catherine Noakes; Jordan Peccia; Kimberly A Prather; Xavier Querol; Tunga Salthammer; Chandra Sekhar; Olli Seppänen; Shin-Ichi Tanabe; Julian W Tang; Raymond Tellier; Kwok Wai Tham; Pawel Wargocki; Aneta Wierzbicka; Maosheng Yao

doi:10.1126/science.adl0677

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Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings

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Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings

Lidia Morawska, Joseph Allen, William Bahnfleth, Belinda Bennett, Philomena M Bluyssen, Atze Boerstra, Giorgio Buonanno, Junji Cao, Stephanie J Dancer, Andres Floto, …

Science, Vol.383(6690), pp.1418-1420

29/03/2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0677

PMID: 38547291

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indoor air

indoor air monitoring

health-based standards

indoor space legislation

People living in urban and industrialized societies, which are expanding globally, spend more than 90% of their time in the indoor environment, breathing indoor air (IA). Despite decades of research and advocacy, most countries do not have legislated indoor air quality (IAQ) performance standards for public spaces that address concentration levels of IA pollutants (1). Few building codes address operation, maintenance, and retrofitting, and most do not focus on airborne disease transmission. But the COVID-19 pandemic has made all levels of society, from community members to decision-makers, realize the importance of IAQ for human health, wellbeing, productivity, and learning. We propose that IAQ standards be mandatory for public spaces. Although enforcement of IAQ performance standards in homes is not possible, homes must be designed and equipped so that they could meet the standards.

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Title: Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings
Creators: Lidia Morawska - University of Surrey, School of Sustainability, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Joseph Allen - Supreme Council Of Health
William Bahnfleth - Pennsylvania State University
Belinda Bennett - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Philomena M Bluyssen - Delft University of Technology
Atze Boerstra - AIR
Giorgio Buonanno - University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Junji Cao - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stephanie J Dancer - Edinburgh Napier University
Andres Floto - University of Cambridge
Francesco Franchimon - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Trish Greenhalgh - University of Oxford
Charles Haworth - Papworth Hospital
Jaap Hogeling - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Christina Isaxon - Lund University
Jose L Jimenez - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Amanda Kennedy - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Prashant Kumar - University of Surrey, Institute for Sustainability
Jarek Kurnitski - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Yuguo Li - Hong Kong Baptist University
Marcel Loomans - Eindhoven University of Technology
Guy Marks - UNSW Sydney
Linsey C Marr - Virginia Tech
Livio Mazzarella - Politecnico di Milano
Arsen Krikor Melikov - Technical University of Denmark
Shelly L Miller - University of Colorado Boulder
Donald K Milton - University of Maryland, College Park
Jason Monty - University of Melbourne
Peter V Nielsen - Aalborg University
Catherine Noakes - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Jordan Peccia - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Kimberly A Prather - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Xavier Querol - Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Tunga Salthammer - Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut
Chandra Sekhar - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Olli Seppänen - Nordic Life Science Pipeline
Shin-Ichi Tanabe - Architectural Institute of Japan
Julian W Tang - University of Leicester
Raymond Tellier - The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
Kwok Wai Tham - National University of Singapore
Pawel Wargocki - Technical University of Denmark
Aneta Wierzbicka - Lund University
Maosheng Yao - Peking University
Publication Details: Science, Vol.383(6690), pp.1418-1420
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Date published: 29/03/2024
Grants: CO-TRACE (COvid-19 Transmission Risk Assessment Case studies - Education Establishments, EP/W001411/1, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (United Kingdom, Swindon) - EPSRC
Reclaiming Forgotten Cities - Turning cities from vulnerable spaces to healthy places for people [RECLAIM], EP/W034034/1, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (United Kingdom, Swindon) - EPSRC
Greening of Cities for Urban Cooling (GreenCities), NE/X002799/1, Natural Environment Research Council (United Kingdom, Swindon) - NERC
IC220100012, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
ARC Laureate Fellowship, FL220100082, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Australian Human Rights Commission (Australia, Sydney)
Grant note: This paper was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre (IC220100012) and ARC Laureate Fellowship (FL220100082). The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded the CO-TRACE project (grant EP/W001411/1), UK Research and Innovation [EPSRC, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)] funded the RECLAIM Network Plus project (grant EP/W034034/1), and NERC funded the GreenCities project (grant NE/X002799/1).
Identifiers: 99872266602346
Academic Unit: Institute for Sustainability; School of Sustainability, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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