Department of Heating, Ventilation and Dust Removal Technology Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering

Indoor environmental quality is of increasing interest across many countries in terms of health and environmental protection, as well as minimizing energy consumption. It has become more important given developments in building technology and equipment. Modern, tight windows are desirable for energy saving but limit natural ventilation, often below the hygienic minimum, which can contribute to increased cases of sick building syndrome, for example. When considering energy efficiency, it is also necessary to maintain the quality of the indoor environment. Occupants and building users are exposed to a variety of substances indoors e.g., from consumer or construction products, and natural and anthropogenic pollutants transported from outdoors. The pollutants emitted, even at low concentrations, can pose a threat to human health due to their synergistic effects and/or ability to accumulate in the human body.

This Research Topic welcomes original research papers containing experimental research, simulation research, case studies, or reviews on:

• all aspects related to indoor air quality in urban areas, including the main sources of major pollutant emissions, chemical-physical and microbiological measurements, impacts, modeling, and recent trends in control systems and the improvement of indoor air quality,
• recent advances in air quality monitoring and forecasting techniques,
• innovative, efficient, energy-saving, and green solutions and systems, and their applications in building to create a good indoor environment quality.

Further details can be found at:
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/45004/indoor-environmental-air-quality-in-urban-areas

Editors:
Barbara Kozielska, Silesian University of Technology
Joanna Ferdyn-Grygierek, Silesian University of Technology
Klara Slezakova, University of Porto
Jerzy Sowa, Warsaw University of Technology
Salwa K. Mohamed Hassan, National Research Center (Egypt)