by Mira | Sep 18, 2020 | News, Research
We’ve all heard about limits on the number of people in a shared space, but how can we estimate how safe a space really is? Sure, moving ten people into a room designed for fifty occupants may reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, but if some people in the room...
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 | Mar 10, 2020 | News, Publication
As corporate entities, city, county, state and federal governments around the world take action against the spread of COVID-19, the built environment has been thrust onto center stage with a prominent role. Therefore, the unique expertise of researchers at the...
