Can indoor sports centers be allowed to re-open during the COVID-19 pandemic based on a certificate of equivalence?

Autor: Linsey C. Marr, T. van Druenen, T. van Hooff, Bje Bert Blocken, Thierry Marchal, P. A. Verstappen
Přispěvatelé: Building Physics, Building Physics and Services
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Technology
Engineering
Civil
Corona virus
Environmental Engineering
MASK
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
PREDICTION
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
MODELS
Geography
Planning and Development
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Article
Aerodynamics
Engineering
Pandemic
Fitness
Gym
021108 energy
Building ventilation
Face masks
Equivalence (measure theory)
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Sports club
Civil and Structural Engineering
Government
Science & Technology
Exit strategy
business.industry
AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION
Engineering
Environmental
Filters
Building and Construction
PERFORMANCE
Public relations
Certificate
SIZE
Preparedness
SIMULATION
Construction & Building Technology
CROSS-VENTILATION
business
Zdroj: Building and Environment
Building and Environment, 180:107022. Elsevier
ISSN: 0360-1323
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107022
Popis: Within a time span of only a few months, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has managed to spread across the world. This virus can spread by close contact, which includes large droplet spray and inhalation of microscopic droplets, and by indirect contact via contaminated objects. While in most countries, supermarkets have remained open, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have ordered many other shops, restaurants, bars, music theaters and indoor sports centers to be closed. As part of COVID-19 (semi)lock-down exit strategies, many government authorities are now (May-June 2020) allowing a gradual re-opening, where sometimes indoor sport centers are last in line to be permitted to re-open. This technical note discusses the challenges in safely re-opening these facilities and the measures already suggested by others to partly tackle these challenges. It also elaborates three potential additional measures and based on these additional measures, it suggests the concept of a certificate of equivalence that could allow indoor sports centers with such a certificate to re-open safely and more rapidly. It also attempts to stimulate increased preparedness of indoor sports centers that should allow them to remain open safely during potential next waves of SARS-CoV-2 as well as future pandemics. It is concluded that fighting situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic and limiting economic damage requires increased collaboration and research by virologists, epidemiologists, microbiologists, aerosol scientists, building physicists, building services engineers and sports scientists. ispartof: BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT vol:180 ispartof: location:England status: published
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