Policies that encourage the use of low-carbon technology like heat pumps can help motivate residents to decarbonize their homes.
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Buildings are designed for people to live in, but what happens when no one is present or only half of the occupants are there?
A lot of federal money is now available for making school buildings healthier. Two environmental health experts explain how school districts can best use it.
Cutting a home’s energy waste starts with stopping the leaks. Energy-efficient appliances and windows can make a difference, too.
Residents of group homes and long-term care are at high risk for COVID-19. But an important aspect has been left out of Public Health Ontario’s guidance for these facilities: indoor air quality.
Because COVID-19 is airborne, we can’t know if the shelter system is as safe as it should be without seeing metrics related to ventilation, filtration and occupancy.
Heat pumps are the technology of choice for heating and cooling buildings more efficiently and with fewer carbon emissions than furnaces and air conditioning.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, and the colder weather approaches, new mathematical models are needed to study changing social behaviours and indoor spaces.
Good ventilation can reduce the risk of catching coronavirus. An environmental engineer explains how to know if enough outside air is getting into a room and what to do if ventilation is bad.
Unless it sparks joy, go ahead and scratch this task off your spring-cleaning checklist.
Everyone has a different ideal temperature at any given time. It could be more comfortable to monitor people’s body temperatures and adjust heating and cooling in response.
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AI, Medicine and Data Justice Post-Doctoral Fellow, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Public Health, University of Toronto
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Professor, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
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Professor, Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
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Ph.D. Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Sustainability, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University
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Assistant Professor, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
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Research, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Building Engineering, Carleton University
