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 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 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 18, 2020 | News
Check out NPR’s interview with our director, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, and other leading experts on building healthy office spaces for future pandemics or flu seasons. Van Den Wymelenberg highlights how creative ventilation systems are key to minimizing viral...
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...
