by nmclain | May 20, 2025 | News, Publication
Mark Fretz and Jason Stenson of the Institute For Health in the Built Environment (IHBE) and Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL) have published a new paper in Buildings, titled Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal...
by nmclain | May 9, 2025 | News
Has the solution been found to housing shortages throughout Oregon? The Oregon Mass Timber Coalition’s new video, titled Housing Solution: The Mass Plywood Home, demonstrates the amazing utility of mass plywood in creating affordable housing. Not only is mass...
by nmclain | Apr 27, 2025 | News, Publication
As part of our on-going mass timber work, Dr. Gwynne Mhuireach just published a paper entitled, “Effects of wetting events on mass timber surface microbial communities and VOC emissions: Implications for building operation and occupant well-being.” The...
by nmclain | Apr 23, 2025 | News
University of Oregon’s monthly research and innovation newsletter, Pursuit, features an article about an exciting project from the Institute for Health in the Built Environment (IHBE): acoustic mushrooms! IHBE co-director, Mark Fretz, and fifth-year architecture...
by nmclain | Apr 7, 2025 | News
We are excited to have had the opportunity to speak during the Terminal 2 tour at Port of Portland, where industry leaders gathered to see the home of the Mass Timber and Housing Innovation Campus! The Institute for Health in the Build Environment (IHBE) will be...
by nmclain | Mar 20, 2025 | News
Researchers at the Institute for Health in the Build Environment (IHBE) are among the contributors of a new paper in Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology on methods of detecting COVID-19 in a built environment. Environmental surveillance holds...
