ScienceにCOVID-19に関してのGroup-36の論文が掲載されました

Scienceに田辺を含むGroup-36の論文が掲載されました。換気量に関する新しい提案を行っています。

Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings

SCIENCE
VOLUME 383|ISSUE 6690|29 MAR 2024

10.1126/science.adl0677

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

Abstract
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.