The indoor air quality, ventilation and energy nexus in the COVID-19 context

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dc.contributor.authorMoghadam, Talie Tohidi
dc.contributor.authorOchoa Morales, Carlos E.
dc.contributor.authorLopez Zambrano, Maria
dc.contributor.authorBruton, Ken
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Dominic T. J.
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-30T13:27:29Z
dc.date.available2022-05-30T13:27:29Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-20
dc.description.abstractIn the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and environmental crises, ventilation plays a critical role in the removal of infectious pathogens. A building ventilation paradigm results in excessive energy consumption to ensure indoor air quality. At the time of writing this paper, several studies have been conducted regarding COVID-19 and ventilation; however, the energy challenges of ventilation operation under the pandemic condition has not been fully addressed by previous studies. This paper is based on a literature review of publications, using an internet-based search in different scientific databases. A data-driven keyword analysis on bibliographic data was performed based on English-language textual data of more than 267 publications downloaded from Dimensions website and using VOSviewer, a freely available software tool for analysing bibliographic data. Via analysis of co-occurrence of the specific terms in the field of COVID-19 ventilation, the trends in research publications were illustrated. The study aims to review the scientific literature of the indoor spread of SARS-CoV-2; clarify the effect of ventilation systems on airborne transmission of the virus; identify the impacts of COVID-19 mitigation measures on the energy consumption of mechanical ventilation systems; define the research gaps and future challenges. This investigation reveals a strong need for more scientific studies in reduction of the transmission risks of the SARS-CoV-2 virus through ventilation systems without compromising buildings’ energy performance. The implications of this study will establish a foundation for engineering control strategies and future energy-targeted investigations for virus transmission reduction and the enhancement of indoor air quality.en
dc.description.sponsorshipScience Foundation Ireland (12/RC/2302_P2); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S021671/1; EP/S001670/1)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMoghadam, T. T., Ochoa Morales, C. E., Lopez Zambrano, M., Bruton, K. and O’Sullivan, D. T. J. (2022) ‘The indoor air quality, ventilation and energy nexus in the COVID-19 context’, CLIMA 2022: the 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 22-25 May. doi: 10.34641/clima.2022.285en
dc.identifier.doi10.34641/clima.2022.285en
dc.identifier.endpage8en
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13269
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTU Delft OPENen
dc.rights© 2022, the Authors. This conference paper is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectIndoor air qualityen
dc.subjectMechanical ventilation systemen
dc.subjectBuilding energy performanceen
dc.subjectHealthy indoor environmentsen
dc.titleThe indoor air quality, ventilation and energy nexus in the COVID-19 contexten
dc.typeConference itemen
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