1. Indoors ventilation in times of confinement by SARS-CoV-2 epidemic: A comparative approach between Spain and Italy
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Patricia Aguilera Benito, Ester Lepore, Giacomo Viccione, and Carolina Piña Ramírez
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IAQ, indoor air quality ,CTE, Technical Building Code, Spain ,Comparative method ,España ,Geography, Planning and Development ,ΔCO2, difference in CO2 concentration ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Transportation ,02 engineering and technology ,CO2, carbon dioxide ,OMS (WHO), World Health Organization ,010501 environmental sciences ,SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 ,p, significance value ,Ventilación natural ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,ACH, air changes per hour ,UNE, Spanish Association for Standardisation ,Ventilation ,Indoor air quality ,COVID-19 ,SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus ,Italy ,Spain ,law ,UNI, Italian national unification body ,11. Sustainability ,Pandemic ,SIMA, Italian Society of Environmental Medicine ,Aerosoles ,Qop, specific external air flow per person ,COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019 ,PM, Particulate Matter ,3313.01 Ventiladores ,qv, minimum flow for housing ,3205.05 Enfermedades Infecciosas ,3. Good health ,3305.14 Viviendas ,Geography ,Transmission (mechanics) ,Ventilation (architecture) ,ppm, parts per million ,Covid-19 ,NOX, oxides of nitrogen ,Typology ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,CO, Carbon Monoxide ,HS, basic documenton salubrity ,O3, ozone ,Aspectos ambientales ,Article ,UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ,6310.09 Calidad de Vida ,EN, European Standards ,Environmental health ,Edificación residencial ,021108 energy ,qp, ventilation rate for people ,ns, crowding index per unit area ,IEQcat, Indoor Environmental Quality category for design ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Civil and Structural Engineering ,qB, ventilation rate for building materials ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,F, Statistical test F (Ronald Fisher) ,Italia ,Ingeniería Civil y de la Construcción ,Confinamiento ,Enfermedades respiratorias ,SO2, sulfur dioxide ,IEQ, Indoor Environmental Quality ,3108.04 Control Ambiental de Enfermedades - Abstract
With the arrival of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the scientific academia, as well as policymakers, are striving to conceive solutions as an attempt to contain the spreading of contagion. Among the adopted measures, severe lockdown restrictions were issued to avoid the diffusion of the virus in an uncontrolled way through public spaces. It can be deduced from recent literature that the primary route of transmission is via aerosols, produced mainly in poorly ventilated interior areas where infected people spend a lot of time with other people. Concerning contagion rates, accumulated incidence or number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19, Spain, and Italy have reached very high levels. In this framework, a regression analysis to assess the feasibility of the indoor ventilation measures established in Spain and Italy, with respect to the European framework, is here presented. To this aim, ten cases of housing typology were and analyzed. The results show that the measures established in the applicable regulations to prevent and control the risk of contagion by aerosols are not adequate to guarantee a healthy environment indoors. The current Italian guidelines are more restrictive than in Spain, yet the ventilation levels are still insufficient in times of pandemic. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
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- 2021