SARS1.
“The World Health Organisation
warns that Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome, or
SARS, is a new global threat”
• Medixair:
• Results:
– After 8 hours: a person on the 10th floor would
have accumulated enough total exposure to have
achieved a 33% risk of contracting tuberculosis
– Clearly the possibility of contracting a disease in
a typical office building exists
Kill Rates…
Source: Airborne Respiratory Diseases & Mechanical Systems for Control of Microbes - By W. J. Kowalski,
P.E. Graduate Researcher, William Bahnfleth, PhD, P.E. Assistant Professor The Pennsylvania State
University - Architectural Engineering Department
Kill Rates…