Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission

Project Title:

Advanced Building Systems Against Airborne Infection Transmission

Project Type:

ARC Industry Transformation Training Centre (ITTC)

Funding Body: 

Australia Research Council

Project Timeframe: 

2022-2027

Project Synopsis:

The aim of the Centre is to engineer building systems whose elements work together to reduce airborne infection transmission by improving indoor air quality while maintaining comfort and efficiency. The significance is in establishing clean indoor air as the norm, with Australian industry being the forerunner in this process. The outcomes include new intelligent building systems, improved building technologies, quantitative methods for building control, evidence for policymaking and recommendations for operational guidelines. Wide-ranging benefits include reducing the health and economic burden of inadequate indoor air and increasing the competitiveness of Australian industry in the face of increasing demand for next-level building systems.

Chief Investigators:

  • Prof Lidia Morawska (QUT)

  • A/Prof Lindy Burton (QUT)

  • A/Prof Bo Xia (QUT)

  • Prof Zoran Ristovski (QUT)

  • Prof Richard Brown (QUT)

  • Dr Thomas Rainey (QUT)

  • Prof Guy Marks (UNSW)

  • Prof Jason Monty (Melbourne U)

  • A/Prof Robyn Schofield (Melbourne U)

  • Adj/Prof Geoffrey Hanmer (Adelaide U)