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Using atBOS data for standards and certifications

Using atBOS data for standards and certifications

The atBOS sensor network comprehensively monitors a building’s indoor environment and energy use. The data facilitates building management and can also be used in various independently assessed certifications relevant to its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) rating. This article introduces the main residential and non-residential certifications used in Britain.

Atamate add WELL AP to our credentials

Atamate add WELL AP to our credentials

Atamate add WELL AP to our credentials

In the last couple of years it has been difficult to miss the bombardment of adverts, articles and commentary about our own and our society’s ‘wellbeing’. What has been more tricky has been trying to understand what this means for us as individuals and how improving our wellbeing can be a change for good. Wellbeing is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.” but it seems to have been expanded out to include how people feel and how they function, both on a personal and a social level, and how they evaluate their lives as a whole. 

Viruses indoors 3: Introducing the common cold.

Viruses indoors 3: Introducing the common cold.

The modern urban environment is ideal for the transmission of respiratory viruses, which is why the common cold spreads so fast. COVID-19 spreads using the same mechanisms but is far more serious because it can cause pneumonia and long-term illnesses. Developing ways to limit the spread of viruses in the built environment will require an understanding of how they infect.