๐จNew paper publishedย by members of theย Thrive IAQย team including: Drย Peter McGarryย (The University of Queensland), Profย Lidia Morawskaย (QUT (Queensland University of Technology)), Msย Savinda Heshaniย (QUT), andย Simon Wittsย (VA Sciences).
This paper titled, โ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ข๐ฎย ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ โ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฎย ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐โ, published in the ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด journal, aimed to test and document how to operationalise CO2ย monitoring for use by occupants as an infection risk reduction tool within mechanically ventilated spaces. Here are some highlights from the paper:
๐ A method was tested to simultaneously monitor CO2ย concentrations in situ in multiple spaces of a building.
๐ Operationalises CO2ย monitoring for use by building operators as an infection risk reduction tool.
๐ Monitoring conducted in 1439 occupied rooms showed CO2ย concentration <โฏ800โฏppm in 1025 (72%) spaces, between 800โฏppm and 1000โฏppm in 267 (18%) and >โฏ1000โฏppm in 147 spaces (10โฏ%).
๐ In many cases assumptions that ventilation complied with relevant ventilation standards were incorrect.
Read the paperย ๐:ย https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indenv.2025.100101