Special Issue on Ventilation and Airborne Infection Control in the Built Environment

The rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), resulted in a global COVID-19 pandemic from the beginning of 2020. With cases in the world on the rise, this outbreak of COVID-19 is of great concern and is a considerable challenge for researchers in the field of the built environment.

The built environment describes human-made surroundings, ranging from buildings and public transport, to neighbourhoods and even cities. Since most humans spend over 90% of their time in buildings, it is of practical importance to understand the transmission mechanism of COVID-19 within the built environment, and to unravel the relative impact of human behaviour, ventilation strategies, operation of building service, and urban/building structures.

This special issue deals with ventilation and airborne infection control in the built environment. Topics covered include:

• Ventilation design and optimal strategies for indoor environments
• Evaluation of potential exposure for indoor environments
• System control and operation of building services
• Performance evaluation and optimal strategies of air distribution systems for public transport
• Air infiltration induced inter-unit dispersion in high-rise residential buildings
• Person to person droplet transmission characteristics

Guest Editors:

• Prof. Arsen K. Melikov, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark. Email: akm@byg.dtu.dk
• Prof. Hua Qian, Southeast University, China. Email: qianh@seu.edu.cn
• Prof. Tingzhen Ming, Wuhan University of Technology, China. Email: tzming@whut.edu.cn
• Prof. Zhengtao Ai, Hunan University, China. Email: zhengtaoai@hnu.edu.cn

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: 31 December 2020

Note: When submitting, please select article type "Full length article" or “Review”, and mention “VSI: Ventilation and Airborne Infection Control in the Built Environment” in your cover letter.