by Mira | Jul 5, 2021 | News, Publication, Research
Ever wondered how that fir trim in your house might be impacting you? What about the microbial community on your concrete basement wall? Probably not, but it’s our job to see how building materials may influence health. We looked at 4 different building...
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 | Nov 10, 2020 | News
As winter approaches and temperatures drop, social distancing is becoming even more difficult due to the risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors. A new article in Elemental discusses home safety with our director Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, featuring Enviraltech testing....
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...
