by Mark Fretz | Mar 24, 2021 | News
The University of Oregon Biology and the Built Environment Center (BioBE Center) has conducted extensive research using Thermo Fisher Scientific’s AerosolSense air sampler. AerosolSense is an active air sampler that pulls 200 L/minute of room air into the unit for...
by Mark Fretz | Dec 16, 2020 | News
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the role that built environments play in transmitting the disease has become clear and caused a focused effort on eliminating the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen from built environments. However, in a recent article by Caroline Winter at Bloomberg...
by Mira | Sep 1, 2020 | News, Research
What if we could change the spread of COVID-19 by studying building design? What if we could test buildings instead of people for the virus? The University of Oregon’s Institute for Health in the Built Environment, partnered with the Biology and the Built Environment...
by Mark Fretz | Jul 14, 2020 | News
The University of Oregon’s Institute for Health in the Built Environment and Biology and the Built Environment Center have been developing a blueprint for saving lives and livelihoods by revealing the unseen in buildings through strategic building environmental...
by Mark Fretz | May 11, 2020 | News
Because buildings are the engine of our economy, we should do whatever we can to reduce the risk of indoor transmission. The first step is routine testing of our buildings for SARS-CoV-2. Second, we should implement a bundle of building measures following our recent...
