Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi in the Built Environment

Designing Healthy Indoor Environments

F. Pacheco-Torgal, Volodymyr Ivanov, Joseph O. Falkinham

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9780323852067
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323852210
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Materials Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

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

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• 1 : Introduction to virus, bacteria, and fungi in the built environment
• 2 : Introduction to viruses, bacteria, and fungi in the built environment
• 3 : Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs) in the built-environment
• 4 : Influence of surface materials on biofilm formation
• 5 : Black fungi in the built environment—The good, the bad, and the ugly
• 6 : Air and wall mycobiota interactions—A case study in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra
• 7 : Airborne transmission of bacteria bioburden
• 8 : Airborne bacteria and sick building syndrome (SBS)
• 9 : Fungal contamination assessment in healthcare environments—A bibliographic review
• 10 : Indoor fungi threshold levels
• 11 : Smart technologies for COVID-19 indoor monitoring
• 12 : Ventilation strategies for healthy indoors in hospitals
• 13 : Innovative coating materials to prevent fungi growth
• 14 : What kind of new antimicrobial technology can we use at the present time in architecture?
• Index
• A