Viruses, Bacteria and Fungi in the Built Environment: Designing Healthy Indoor Environments opens with a brief introduction to viruses, bacteria and fungi in the built environment and discusses their impact on human health. Sections discuss the microbiology of building materials, the airborne transmission of viruses and bacteria in the built environment, and plumbing-associated microbiome. As the first book on this important area to be written in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this work will be a valuable reference resource for researchers, civil engineers, architects, postgraduate students, contractors and other professionals working and interested in the field of the built environment.

Elements of building design, including choice of materials, ventilation and plumbing can have important implications for the microbiology of a building, and consequently, the health of the building's occupants. This important new reference work explains the microbiology of buildings and disease control in the built environment to those who design and implement new construction and renovate.

• Provides an essential guide on the microbiology of buildings, covering bacteria, fungi and viruses on surfaces, in air and in water
• Comprehensively examines how humidity influences fungal growth in several building materials
• Includes important information about the airborne transmission of infectious agents
• Addresses ventilation design to improve human health
• Presents the first book on disease control in buildings since the COVID-19 pandemic

1. IntroductionPart 1: Basics of Microbiology and Pathogenic Contamination 2. Basics of microbiology in the built environment3. Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens in the built-environment"4. Influence of materials on biofilm formation5. Black fungi in the built environment-the good, the bad, and the ugly6. "Air and wall mycobiota interactions - a case study in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra"7. Airborne transmission and indoor air pollution8. Airborne bacteria and sick building syndromePart 2: Strategies for Monitoring and Control of Indoor Pathogens9. Fungal contamination assessment in Healthcare environments 10. Indoor fungi threshold levels11. Smart technologies for Covid-19 indoor monitoring12. Ventilation strategies for healthy indoors in hospitals13. Innovative coating materials to prevent fungi growth14. Indoor fungal control by galvanic cells