by Mira | Jan 3, 2023 | Publication, Research
That plant you have on your desk? You are in relationship with it- well, microbially at least. Dr. Gwynne Mhuireach at BioBE is working to understand relationships between plant microbes and people. Humans have always been close to the microbial communities in plants...
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...
