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Performance evaluation of radon measurement techniques in single-family homes

Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, poses a significant health risk as prolonged exposure indoors can lead to lung cancer. Current radon measurement techniques vary widely in methodology, device types, and exposure duration, posing challenges to ...

2025

Modular Radiant Floor Heating and its Effect on Local Thermal Comfort

Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg

Radiant floor heating is widely recognized for its low-energy consumption and high efficiency. Traditional systems, however, typically heat the entire floor area within a space, conditioning spaces uniformly regardless of occupancy. This study investigates ...

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH2025

A multidomain approach to neighbourhood typology for urban environmental studies

Jan Wienold, Dusan Licina, Dolaana Khovalyg, Hanieh Khodaei Tehrani

Cities are facing unprecedented challenges to their environments and residents due to continuous growth, including urban overheating, daylight accessibility, noise, and air pollution. This requires a holistic approach to the research and implementation of ...

2025

Indoor air quality in swiss primary schools: impacts of mechanical ventilation and seasonal variation

Dusan Licina, Joan Rey

Indoor air quality (IAQ) in classrooms significantly impacts the comfort, health, and cognitive performance of students and teachers. The COVID-19 pandemic heightened awareness of IAQ, leading to increasing adoption of mechanical ventilation systems in sch ...

2025

Population exposure to ozone and its gas-phase oxidation products in 25 European cities

Dusan Licina, Evangelos Belias

Ozone and its oxidation products are increasingly recognized as significant health hazards. Understanding population exposure is critical for linking ozone and its products to health outcomes. This study used outdoor ozone concentrations from 47 monitoring ...

2025

Corrigendum to “Size-resolved inhalation intake fractions for particles released from human activities in residential indoor environments” [Building and Environment 244 (2023) 110763] (Building and Environment (2023) 244, (S0360132323007904), (10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110763))

Dusan Licina

The authors regret to inform the editorial office about addition of an author, Mr. Marouane Merizak, to the list of authors. Revised order of authorship: Marouane Merizak a, Brandon Boor b,c, Dusan Licina a,* a Human-Oriented Built Environment Lab, School ...

2025

Ten questions concerning the economics of indoor environmental quality in buildings

Dusan Licina

Indoor environmental quality in buildings encompasses air quality, thermal environment, acoustics, and lighting. While engineering and health sciences have studied the impact of these attributes on occupants, a limited number of economic studies have inves ...

Elsevier BV2025

The impact of real-time carbon dioxide awareness on occupant behavior and ventilation rates in student dwellings

Dusan Licina

Although existing standards typically prescribe fixed ventilation rates, a large portion of the building stock lacks mechanical ventilation systems. Such buildings obtain outdoor air through unintentional infiltration, open windows, and the operation of ex ...

Lausanne2024

Performance evaluation of radon active sensors and passive dosimeters at low and high radon concentrations

Dusan Licina, Joan Rey

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that has the potential to accumulate in buildings and over time, causes lung cancer in humans. Present methods for radon measurements are disparate, which pose challenges to benchmark radon concentrations and ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2024

Evaluating the impact of indoor aerosols on the performance of real-time radon sensors

Dusan Licina

Copyright © 2024 Rey, Meisser, Licina and Goyette Pernot.Radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, poses a significant health risk by accumulating in buildings and potentially leading to lung cancer. Depending on building construction and geographical ...

2024