FACILITY DESIGN: How healthy is the indoor environment?

…it is estimated that people in developed countries now spend 90 percent of their lives indoors.”

What is known about the effect of microorganisms found indoors on health is reviewed in this technical report published by the National Academies Press.  Among the topics covered are air sources, water sources and building surfaces.  Physical and chemical interventions that may help to reduce problems caused by hazardous microbes are covered.

Source: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2017). Microbiomes of the built environment: A research agenda for indoor microbiology, human health, and buildings. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.  Click here for free full text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK458827/  Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org