The ventilation of buildings and other mitigating measures for COVID-19: a focus on wintertime.

Henry C. Burridge, Rajesh K. Bhagat, Marc Stettler, Prashant Kumar, Ishanki De Mel, Panagiotis Demis, Allen Hart, Yyanis Johnson-Llambias, Marco‐Felipe King, Oleksiy V. Klymenko, Alison McMillan, Piotr Morawiecki, Thomas E. Pennington, Michael Short, D. Sykes, Philippe H. Trinh, S. K. Wilson, Clint Wong, Hayley Wragg, Megan S. Davies Wykes, Christopher Iddon, Andrew W. Woods, Nicola Mingotti, Neeraja Bhamidipati, Huw Woodward, Clive Beggs, Hywel Davies, Shaun Fitzgerald, Christopher C. Pain, P. F. Linden

2021Bristol Research (University of Bristol)75 citationsDOI Open Access PDF

Abstract

The year 2020 has seen the emergence of a global pandemic as a result of the disease COVID-19. This report reviews knowledge of the transmission of COVID-19 indoors, examines the evidence for mitigating measures, and considers the implications for wintertime with a focus on ventilation.

Topics & Concepts

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicFocus (optics)Ventilation (architecture)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Environmental scienceAirborne transmissionTransmission (telecommunications)Environmental planningMeteorologyGeographyComputer scienceMedicineDiseaseVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)TelecommunicationsPathologyPhysicsOpticsOutbreakInfection Control and VentilationBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationClimate Change and Health Impacts