COVID-19 Resources

BE-Ex is happy to provide this list of resources on COVID-19 and the built environment, compiled with help from our Board of Directors, Board Programs Committee, and Industry Leadership Council.

These lists have been created to provide our community with easy access to topical information during this critical time, but the inclusion of any item below does not represent an endorsement of any opinion, analysis or information included in any resource.

Guidance

View relevant technical guidance, recommendations, and resources compiled or created by other organizations.

ASHRAE Guidance for Building Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ASHRAE Pandemic COVID-19 and Airborne Transmission

ASHRAE Technical Resources

AIA California COVID-19 Resources

AIANY COVID-19 Resources

DOB Phase I Reopening Guidelines

Fitwel COVID-19 Resources

Healthy Building Network COVID-19 Resources

MASS Role of Architecture in Fighting COVID-19

NYSERDA Response to COVID-19

Research & Studies

View academic research with a specific bearing on the interaction between the built environment and COVID-19.

2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Built Environment Considerations To Reduce Transmission

Towards Sustainable, Energy-efficient and Healthy Ventilation Strategies in Buildings: a Review

Articles

View COVID-19 press items with specific relevance to the built environment.

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Will Change the Built Environment

Architectural Digest, March 18, 2020

Coronavirus Lingers in Air of Crowded Spaces, New Study Finds

Bloomberg, April 27, 2020

Reducing COVID-19 Transmission in the Built Environment

Architect Mag, May 4, 2020

"Hygiene Ventilation" and the Case for Green Stimulus

Archinect, May 4, 2020

Can I Get Coronavirus From Riding an Elevator?

NY Times, May 13, 2020

Infection Control in Office Buildings: Preparing for Re-occupancy Amid the Coronavirus

BD+C Network, May 18, 2020

New Research Raises More Concerns About Airborne Transmission of COVID-19

Treehugger, May 22, 2020

That Office AC System is Great — at Recirculating Viruses

NY Mag, May 22, 2020

The Future of Buildings Will Be Healthy

Arup, July 14, 2020

We Need to Talk About Ventilation

The Atlantic, July 30, 2020

A room, a bar and a classr

El Pais

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