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Re-Opening Ubc Safely: Critical Interventions For Physical Distancing And Indoor Environmental Quality

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    -99

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0

  • Funder

    Peter Wall Institute

  • Principal Investigator

    Adam Rysanek

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), UBC

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Infection prevention and control

  • Research Subcategory

    Barriers, PPE, environmental, animal and vector control measures

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

There are no established methods for estimating the allowable occupancy of BC's workplaces under current emergency policy (i.e., limiting physical interactions to 60% of pre-COVID-19 levels). History tells us that recent ad-hoc building-scale responses to occupancy management and distancing may have long-term cultural impacts. A novel human-centered solution is urgently needed for a workable reopening of the economy. This project will integrate four research areas seldom, if ever, considered together: 1) agent-based modelling of occupants, 2) bioaerosol mitigation in buildings, 3) the sociocultural history of architectural responses to pandemics, and 4) the design of physical distancing measures. With over 15 stakeholders, including the BCCDC, this project will produce safe and resilient measures for physical distancing, air quality, and occupancy forecasting that will be implemented at UBC.