Abstract
Organized every 2 years, during years with no Indoor Air conference, Healthy Buildings conferences bridge the gap between science and profession, making it one of the most influential conferences on best-practice sustainable solutions for the indoor environment.
Healthy Buildings Europe 2021 is organized by OsloMet (Oslo Metropolitan University), SINTEF and NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), under the auspices of ISIAQ (International Society for Indoor Air Quality), and with technical contributions from a numerous of organizations, including REHVA (Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations) and NVG (Nordic Ventilation Group).
The conference topics include four important D's
• Disease: We spend more time indoors, with exposure ourselves to multiple pollutant sources and microbes. The COVID-19 pandemic has lead to an astounding increace in research / knowledge on the transmittance of respiratory diseases in the buildings.
• Decarbonization: of the European building stock by 2050. Deep energy renovation of buildings and neighbourhoods without compromising indoor health. We need improved LCA-methods to evaluate embodied energy in buildings and fittings.
• Digitization: Increasing automation and sensor tech opens up opportunities to optimize the design, operation, and IEQ of new or refurbished nZEB buildings. However, technically advanced sensor-based control (e.g. demand-controlled ventilation) have many practical challenges.
• Dwellings: How can we achieve healthy homes with increased urbanization? Community-scale measures, such as outdoor air quality regulation, urban canyon issues, heat island effects & climate adaptation (heat and extreme rainfall) for urban buildings.
In addition to the traditional scientific content, we have many workshops and seminars covering topics that will appeal to professionals and specialists alike.
The conference has two kinds of written publications:
• Scientific/technical/review papers (Full papers): These are published in the Open Access scientific proceedings, after a double-blind 2-stage peer-review.
• Applications/case-study papers (Short papers): We have also welcomed short papers (also called extended abstracts), which are appended to this Book-of-Abstracts after the conference. This suitable for contributors with who wish to publish short case studies of fresh results from ongoing studies.
Healthy Buildings Europe 2021 is organized by OsloMet (Oslo Metropolitan University), SINTEF and NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), under the auspices of ISIAQ (International Society for Indoor Air Quality), and with technical contributions from a numerous of organizations, including REHVA (Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations) and NVG (Nordic Ventilation Group).
The conference topics include four important D's
• Disease: We spend more time indoors, with exposure ourselves to multiple pollutant sources and microbes. The COVID-19 pandemic has lead to an astounding increace in research / knowledge on the transmittance of respiratory diseases in the buildings.
• Decarbonization: of the European building stock by 2050. Deep energy renovation of buildings and neighbourhoods without compromising indoor health. We need improved LCA-methods to evaluate embodied energy in buildings and fittings.
• Digitization: Increasing automation and sensor tech opens up opportunities to optimize the design, operation, and IEQ of new or refurbished nZEB buildings. However, technically advanced sensor-based control (e.g. demand-controlled ventilation) have many practical challenges.
• Dwellings: How can we achieve healthy homes with increased urbanization? Community-scale measures, such as outdoor air quality regulation, urban canyon issues, heat island effects & climate adaptation (heat and extreme rainfall) for urban buildings.
In addition to the traditional scientific content, we have many workshops and seminars covering topics that will appeal to professionals and specialists alike.
The conference has two kinds of written publications:
• Scientific/technical/review papers (Full papers): These are published in the Open Access scientific proceedings, after a double-blind 2-stage peer-review.
• Applications/case-study papers (Short papers): We have also welcomed short papers (also called extended abstracts), which are appended to this Book-of-Abstracts after the conference. This suitable for contributors with who wish to publish short case studies of fresh results from ongoing studies.