by nmclain | Apr 27, 2025 | News
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...
by nmclain | Mar 20, 2025 | News
The University of Oregon features a story about the potential mass timber construction has for the environment, affordable housing, wildfire management, and jobs. Included is a new video produced by University Communications and the Tallwood Design institute (TDI)...
by nmclain | Mar 1, 2025 | News
Siobhan Rockcastle has been invited to give a keynote presentation at the Daylight Academy Annual Conference in Garching, Germany on May 22, 2025. Her talk will be titled “Designing healthy daylit spaces: the intersection between research and practice.” This year’s...
