by Mark Fretz | Jul 27, 2020 | News
Working together with collaborators in infectious disease and surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, a Biology and the Built Environment Center team investigated hospital windows and associated components (glass, frame, curtains) to see if any of these...
by Mark Fretz | Jul 14, 2020 | News
The University of Oregon’s Institute for Health in the Built Environment and Biology and the Built Environment Center have been developing a blueprint for saving lives and livelihoods by revealing the unseen in buildings through strategic building environmental...
by Mark Fretz | Jun 8, 2020 | News
Soil health and biodiversity are closely linked to human health. Despite this, we currently know very little about interactions between gardeners and soil microbes, even though gardening offers extensive opportunities for such interactions. Whether exposure to soil...
by Mark Fretz | May 12, 2020 | News
Director Van Den Wymelenberg was interviewed by CBS This Morning to share information about the potential indoor aerosol transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). These conceptual visualizations are meant to help the general public understand more about indoor...
by Mark Fretz | May 11, 2020 | News
Because buildings are the engine of our economy, we should do whatever we can to reduce the risk of indoor transmission. The first step is routine testing of our buildings for SARS-CoV-2. Second, we should implement a bundle of building measures following our recent...
