Outputs (16)

The impact of surfaces on indoor air chemistry following cooking and cleaning (2024)
Journal Article
Harding-Smith, E., Davies, H. L., O'Leary, C., Winkless, R., Shaw, M., Dillon, T., Jones, B., & Carslaw, N. (2024). The impact of surfaces on indoor air chemistry following cooking and cleaning. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4em00410h

Cooking and cleaning are common sources of indoor air pollutants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The chemical fate of VOCs indoors is determined by both gas-phase and multi-phase chemistry, and can result in the formation of potentially... Read More about The impact of surfaces on indoor air chemistry following cooking and cleaning.

Addressing air quality challenges: Comparative analysis of Barcelona, Venezuela, and Guayaquil, Ecuador (2024)
Journal Article
Morantes, G., Rincon, G., Chanaba, A., & Jones, B. (2024). Addressing air quality challenges: Comparative analysis of Barcelona, Venezuela, and Guayaquil, Ecuador. Heliyon, 10(8), Article e29211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29211

This study presents a willingness-to-pay (WtP) questionnaire that was designed, validated, and applied to assess perceptions of air quality and self-reported health in two middle-income South American cities: Barcelona and its neighboring cities (Ven... Read More about Addressing air quality challenges: Comparative analysis of Barcelona, Venezuela, and Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants (2023)
Journal Article
Morantes, G., Jones, B., Molina, C., & Sherman, M. H. (2024). Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants. Environmental Science and Technology, 58(1), 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c07374

This study presents a health-centered approach to quantify and compare the chronic harm caused by indoor air contaminants using disability-adjusted life-year (DALY). The aim is to understand the chronic harm caused by airborne contaminants in dwellin... Read More about Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants.

Investigating methods to quantifying uncertainty in PM2.5 emission rates from cooking by toasting bread (2023)
Journal Article
Molina, C., Jones, B., & O’Leary, C. (2024). Investigating methods to quantifying uncertainty in PM2.5 emission rates from cooking by toasting bread. Building and Environment, 248, Article 111106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.111106

Exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is linked to multiple negative health effects and indoor sources are important contributors to personal exposure. Cooking is a common indoor source, but reported emission rates have high variabilit... Read More about Investigating methods to quantifying uncertainty in PM2.5 emission rates from cooking by toasting bread.

Air Quality in Latin American Buildings (2023)
Book Chapter
Molina, C., Jones, B., & Morantes, G. (2023). Air Quality in Latin American Buildings. In L. Marín-Restrepo, A. Pérez-Fargallo, M. Beatriz Piderit-Moreno, M. Trebilcock-Kelly, & P. Wegertseder-Martínez (Eds.), Removing Barriers to Environmental Comfort in the Global South (195-215). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24208-3_14

The air people breathe has a significant impact on their health, comfort, productivity, and well-being. Indoor air is important because it is where most exposure to airborne contaminants occurs. However, it is not always possible to know the composit... Read More about Air Quality in Latin American Buildings.

A preliminary assessment of the health impacts of indoor air contaminants determined using the DALY metric (2023)
Journal Article
Morantes, G., Jones, B., Sherman, M., & Molina, C. (in press). A preliminary assessment of the health impacts of indoor air contaminants determined using the DALY metric. International Journal of Ventilation, Article 2198800. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733315.2023.2198800

Common metrics used for assessing air quality are based on guidelines and/or standards for regulating concentrations that should not be exceeded over a period. Exceeding those values would represent problematic situations. A lack of agreement on appr... Read More about A preliminary assessment of the health impacts of indoor air contaminants determined using the DALY metric.

Spatio-temporal statistical analysis of PM1 and PM2.5 concentrations and their key influencing factors at Guayaquil city, Ecuador (2022)
Journal Article
Rincon, G., Morantes, G., Roa-López, H., Cornejo-Rodriguez, M. D. P., Jones, B., & Cremades, L. V. (2023). Spatio-temporal statistical analysis of PM1 and PM2.5 concentrations and their key influencing factors at Guayaquil city, Ecuador. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 37, 1093–1117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-022-02310-2

Guayaquil, Ecuador, is in a tropical area on the equatorial Pacific Ocean coast of South America. Since 2008 the city has been increasing its population, vehicle fleet and manufacturing industries. Within the city there are various industrial and urb... Read More about Spatio-temporal statistical analysis of PM1 and PM2.5 concentrations and their key influencing factors at Guayaquil city, Ecuador.

A population framework for predicting the proportion of people infected by the far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors (2022)
Journal Article
Iddon, C., Jones, B., Sharpe, P., Cevik, M., & Fitzgerald, S. (2022). A population framework for predicting the proportion of people infected by the far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors. Building and Environment, 221, Article 109309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109309

The number of occupants in a space influences the risk of far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 because the likelihood of having infectious and susceptible people both correlate with the number of occupants. This paper explores the relationsh... Read More about A population framework for predicting the proportion of people infected by the far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors.

PM2.5 exceedances and source appointment as inputs for an early warning system (2022)
Journal Article
Rincon, G., Morantes, G., Gonzalez, A., Buitrago, Y., Gonzalez, J. C., Molina, C., & Jones, B. (2022). PM2.5 exceedances and source appointment as inputs for an early warning system. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 44, 4569-4593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-021-01189-2

Between June 2018 and April 2019, a sampling campaign was carried out to collect PM2.5, monitoring meteorological parameters and anthropogenic events in the Sartenejas Valley, Venezuela. We develop a logistic model for PM2.5 exceedances (≥ 12.5 µg m−... Read More about PM2.5 exceedances and source appointment as inputs for an early warning system.

A population framework for predicting the proportion of people infected by the far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper
Iddon, C., Jones, B., Sharpe, P., Cevik, M., & Fitzgerald, S. A population framework for predicting the proportion of people infected by the far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors

The number of occupants in a space influences the risk of far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 because the likelihood of having infectious and susceptible people both correlate with the number of occupants. This paper explores the relationsh... Read More about A population framework for predicting the proportion of people infected by the far-field airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors.