by Mira | Nov 28, 2022 | News, Publication, Research
It’s important to stay six feet apart, but eventually it stops mitigating disease transmission risk. Several studies suggest that transmission from a distance greater than six feet explains a significant number of COVID-19 superspreading outbreaks. Because of this,...
by Mira | Nov 8, 2022 | News, Publication, Research
What if every building you entered was filtering out airborne pathogens, harmful particulates, and actively monitoring the microbial particles in the air all while saving energy? We have a new paper out on how standards can be updated to require safer air in energy...
by Mira | Oct 26, 2022 | News, Team Members
Our very own Mark Fretz is now the interim director of IHBE. Congratulations Mark! See the letter from the Dean of the University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences, Adrian Parr: Dear colleagues and friends, It is with tremendous excitement that I write to you...
by Mira | Oct 26, 2022 | News, Team Members
IHBE Director Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg has accepted a new position as Dean of the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska and will begin the new role January 2023. We wish him well on his new journey, as he leaves with a legacy of significant work that...
by Mira | Sep 30, 2022 | Awards, News, Research
IHBE & ESBL are working as a team with PAE Engineers to help over a 1000 people in low-income housing save on their energy bills and have better health. Well- that’s the side effect of our research. Funded by the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF) and led by...
by Mira | Sep 2, 2022 | News, Research
The Institute for Health in the Build Environment and the University of Oregon has been awarded more than $16 million in federal funds to build a state-of-the-art acoustics research facility and create affordable housing prototypes. The funds are part of a major...
