Science Talks: The Importance of Indoor and Outdoor Climate in Relation to COVID-19
Through a new Nordic partnership between DOGA – Design and Architecture Norway, Danish Design Centre, BLOXHUB, Gehl Architects, Copenhagen Institute of Futures Studies and Urban Agenda, we dive into the dilemmas of pandemic-proof cities and help generate the best solutions for restarting the good life in our cities.
How will our cities change post-pandemic? What can we do as citizens, urban planners, architects, designers and decision-makers to ensure the right restart for our cities – and protect ourselves against future pandemics?
In this Science Talk, we discuss how to change indoor and outdoor climate in order to create safe ways of returning to work during and after Covid-19 together with Joseph Allen and John Macomber from Harvard University. They point to a hierarchy of controls concerning infection risks that can quite easily be decreased through e.g. proper air ventilation and filtration and use of facemasks – all options that are rather easy to access. They point to a need to build more healthy buildings, and that this will have a positive effect on matters as physical wellbeing, work efficiency etc.
Moderator:
Pernille Berg, Science Manager at BLOXHUB
Speakers:
Assistant Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Joseph Allen
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, John Macomber
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Chapter & themes:
Click and see 00:16 Chapter 1: Introduction to Assistant Professor Joseph Allen and Senior Professor John Macomber
Click and see 8:07 Chapter 2: The science behind Joseph Allen & John Macomber´s book, Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity
Click and see 23:30 Chapter 3: What is the safest way to return to schools and workplaces?
Click and see 40:20 Chapter 4: The importance of aerosols and what it is
Click and see 48:14 Chapter 5: Sensor and smart buildings as well as smart cities
Click and see 1:00:35 Chapter 6: Public health and public infrastructure and private capital
Click and see 1:12:30 Chapter 7: Impact of investment - in terms of pay for success
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Science Talk is a deep dive into a research topic.
This Science Talks deals with the acute challenges of ensuring healthy buildings and safe indoor climate during COVID19 and covers the latest research on healthy cities and healthy buildings.
How should we plan for the next pandemic?
COVID-19 poses a fundamental challenge for our future cities. Across the globe, urban actors are debating whether we need to start taking new measures to protect ourselves against pandemics. Simultaneously, many are calling for a more sustainable restart of the global economy. Is it possible to create pandemic-proof cities without jeopardizing the positive tenets of urban development in the past decade: Livability and sustainability?
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This event is a part of an event series with the theme:
City Life in Times of and after Corona
How will our cities change post pandemic? What can we do as citizens, urban planners, architects, designers and decision makers to ensure the right restart for our cities – and protect ourselves against future pandemics? How do we create solutions that ensure resilience, but do not compromise on livability and sustainability?
Through a new Nordic partnership between DOGA – Design and Architecture Norway, Danish Design Centre, BLOXHUB, Gehl Architects, Urban Agenda and Institute of Futures Studies, we will dive into the dilemmas of pandemic-proof cities when it comes to climate, behavior, design and livability and help generate the best solutions for restarting the good life in our cities.
