IAQ 2010: airborne infection control - ventilation, IAQ, and energy. Conference proceedings, November 10-12, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Date: 2010.11.10 / 2010.11.12

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Summary

These proceedings contain 53 presentations and 45 papers exploring the role of HVAC in airborne infectious disease transmission, evaluation of the various design and control strategies and technology, pandemic preparedness, and airborne infection control for various applications such as health care facilities, air and surface transportation, schools, offices. Airborne infection and its control in the built environment pose considerable challenges to mankind that rival the need to also address climate change and environmental sustainability. The conference reviews the state of knowledge about airborne infection in such environments and helps define future directions. Topics were on the following: airborne infection in healthcare facilities; ventilation systems and airborne infection; natural ventilation; CFD and other modelling techniques; UVGI and other air cleaning devices; airborne bacteria and virus; IAQ and energy in healthcare facilities.

Details

  • Original title: IAQ 2010: airborne infection control - ventilation, IAQ, and energy. Conference proceedings, November 10-12, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Organiser : ASHRAE
  • Record ID : 2011-0382
  • Languages: English
  • Number of articles: 0
  • Publication: Ashrae (american society of heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers) - United states/United states
  • ISBN: 9781936504046
  • Conference type: Other conference (non-IIR)
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.