Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi in the Built Environment

Designing Healthy Indoor Environments

AvF. Pacheco-Torgal,Volodymyr Ivanov

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

Del i serien Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering

2 386 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi in the Built Environment: Designing Healthy Indoor Environments opens with a brief introduction to viruses, bacteria and fungi in the built environment and discusses their impact on human health. Sections discuss the microbiology of building materials, the airborne transmission of viruses and bacteria in the built environment, and plumbing-associated microbiome. As the first book on this important area to be written in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this work will be a valuable reference resource for researchers, civil engineers, architects, postgraduate students, contractors and other professionals working and interested in the field of the built environment.

Elements of building design, including choice of materials, ventilation and plumbing can have important implications for the microbiology of a building, and consequently, the health of the building's occupants. This important new reference work explains the microbiology of buildings and disease control in the built environment to those who design and implement new construction and renovate.

Provides an essential guide on the microbiology of buildings, covering bacteria, fungi and viruses on surfaces, in air and in water
Comprehensively examines how humidity influences fungal growth in several building materials
Includes important information about the airborne transmission of infectious agents
Addresses ventilation design to improve human health
Presents the first book on disease control in buildings since the COVID-19 pandemic

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-12-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:1 000 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
Antal sidor:348
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780323852067

Utforska kategorier

Maskinteknik och material inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Dr. F. Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at the University of Minho in Portugal. He holds the title of Counsellor at the Portuguese Engineers Association. He is a member of the editorial boards for nine international journals. Over the last 10 years he has participated in the research decision for more than 460 papers and has also acted as a Foreign Expert on the evaluation of 22 PhD thesis. Over the last 10 years he has also been a Member of the Scientific Committees for more than 60 conferences, most of them held in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries, including the UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Croatia, Poland, and the EU Commission. In the last 10 years, he reviewed more than 70 research projects. Dr. Volodymyr Ivanov has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience on Environmental, Industrial, and Construction Microbiology and Biotechnology in the universities of Europe, Asia, and USA. He has authored 200 papers, patents, book chapters and 8 monographs. His textbook “Environmental Microbiology for Engineers, Francis & Taylor, 1st (2010) and 2nd (2015) editions, has been adopted for graduate and post-graduate courses in many universities. His research experience includes the supervision and participation in numerous projects on biotechnologies with biofilms and biogranules, microbial transformations of iron, biocementation, bioclogging, bioremediation of soil, and microbiological monitoring of water quality. Dr Falkinham is a professor of microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His research interests include the epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium, metal oxidation and reduction in biofilms and predatory bacteria ecology

Innehållsförteckning

1. IntroductionPart 1: Basics of Microbiology and Pathogenic Contamination 2. Basics of microbiology in the built environment3. Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens in the built-environment"4. Influence of materials on biofilm formation5. Black fungi in the built environment–the good, the bad, and the ugly6. "Air and wall mycobiota interactions - a case study in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra"7. Airborne transmission and indoor air pollution8. Airborne bacteria and sick building syndromePart 2: Strategies for Monitoring and Control of Indoor Pathogens9. Fungal contamination assessment in Healthcare environments 10. Indoor fungi threshold levels11. Smart technologies for Covid-19 indoor monitoring12. Ventilation strategies for healthy indoors in hospitals13. Innovative coating materials to prevent fungi growth14. Indoor fungal control by galvanic cells

Du kanske också är intresserad av

Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials

F. Pacheco-Torgal, Joseph O. Falkinham, Jerzy Galaj

Häftad

2 264 kr

Bio-based Materials and Biotechnologies for Eco-efficient Construction

F. Pacheco-Torgal, Volodymyr Ivanov, Daniel C.W. Tsang

Häftad

2 508 kr

Start-Up Creation

F. Pacheco-Torgal, Erik Stavnsager Rasmussen, Claes G. Granqvist, Volodymyr Ivanov, Arturas Kaklauskas, Stephen Makonin

Häftad

2 508 kr

Start-Up Creation

F. Pacheco-Torgal, Erik Stavnsager Rasmussen, Claes G. Granqvist, Volodymyr Ivanov, Arturas Kaklauskas, Stephen Makonin

Inbunden

3 586 kr

Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Cementitious Construction Materials

F. Pacheco-Torgal, Caijun Shi, Angel Palomo, Portugal) Pacheco-Torgal, F. (C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, China) Shi, Caijun (Hunan University, Spain) Palomo, Angel (Instituto de Ciencias de la Construccion Eduardo Torroja, CSIC, Fernando Pacheco-Torgal

Häftad

2 582 kr