Is opening a door or window enough ventilation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools? Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released last week provided significantly more ...

In building codes, energy efficiency has come to dominate the list of priorities. But as economist Thomas Sowell once wrote, “There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs.” So, what is the ...

We know at this point in the pandemic that COVID-19 is less likely to spread outdoors. But unless you live in a region of the US that has temperate weather year-round, patio happy hours and fire pit ...

At the end of the third year of the pandemic, we are no longer surprised to hear we’re in a new wave of infection. It’s fuelled by new sub-variants of the virus that may evade immunity from both ...

Benjamin Jones receives funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Counsil, the UK Research and Innovation fund, and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. I am an ...

Two-plus years into the Covid-19 pandemic, you probably know the basics of protection: vaccines, boosters, proper handwashing and masks. But one of the most powerful tools against the coronavirus is ...

Despite early optimism, recent research suggests that increasing ventilation, in places like schools, might not be the silver bullet we imagined it to be in limiting airborne virus transmission. While ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be doing more to guide and encourage improved air circulation in buildings – especially in schools – to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, ...