by Mira | Dec 7, 2022 | Publication, Research
A team of researchers at the University of Oregon’s NetZED Laboratory are taking a deep dive into how school buildings affect the learning outcomes of students. NetZED’s work reviews the literature on school facilities and details the relationships between students...
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 | 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 28, 2022 | Research
Imagine a city with crops on every rooftop. This might seem odd at first, but 80% of food will be consumed in cities by 2050, which means city-goers need to become city-growers if we want to have resilience in the wake of food supply chain shortages. During the...
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...
