Advanced Technologies to Improve Indoor Air Quality

After having completed with honors his M.Eng. in Construction Technology and Management at the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (Bhopal), Dr. Kapoor received his PhD in Engineering Sciences from the CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (Roorkee). His research interests include indoor air quality, construction management, energy-efficient buildings, environmental engineering, quantum computing and AI for public health & safety. In February 2022, he received the Diamond Jubilee Best Technology Award for his patented HVAC ducting system for the integration of COVID-19 disinfection solutions. Later in September, he was also presented with a Best Paper Award at an international conference held at DIT University (Dehrdadun).Dr. Kumar has more than 33 years of experience in research, academia, and industry, with expertise spanning building architecture, sustainable built environment, indoor air quality, urban planning for smart cities, and net-zero energy buildings. He has led prestigious projects related to IAQ at a national and international level and is a senior member of WAYU, a task group at CSIR created to find indigenous solutions to ventilation problems, particularly in challenging pandemic circumstances. He has patented several market-ready designs and technologies that have seen practical application in buildings. He is also serving as a member of the Governing Council for the Bureau of Energy Efficiency. Anuj Kumar obtained an M.Tech. in Instrumentation from the Indian Institute of Technology Kurukshetra in 2004 and a PhD in Embedded Systems from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2011. Between 2011 and 2015, he held posts as a Postdoc Fellow at the University of Seoul, the University of Pretoria, and the National University of Singapore. He has been working on devices to monitor indoor air quality and to tackle associated problems for the past 15 years. His research interests include sensing applications, wireless sensor-actuator networks, energy-efficient buildings, and the Internet of Things applied to building physics. Aman Kumar holds a Master’s degree in Construction Technology and Management from the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, Chandigarh, and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from I.K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. He is currently pursuing a PhD at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. Before that, Kumar was a Project Associate at the CSIR – Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India. He also accrued practical experience by covering a variety of roles in industry, including as a Structural Health Monitoring Engineer with Aimil Ltd., New Delhi, and as a Quality Control Engineer with Ambuja Cements Ltd., Chandigarh. Aman has also served as an Assistant Professor at the Indo-Global College, Punjab, where he taught earthquake engineering, estimation & costing, and concrete technology. His professional expertise spans non-destructive testing (NDT), structural health monitoring, fiber-reinforced polymers, fiber-reinforced cementitious matrices, and AI and ML applications for structural engineering. Dr. Harish Chandra Arora currently holds the esteemed position of Principal Scientist in the Structural Engineering Group at CSIR-Central Building Research Institute in Roorkee, India. With a distinguished career spanning more than 29 years, Dr. Arora is a renowned figure in the field of structural engineering. Dr. Arora is also functioning as an Associate Professor in the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India. His contemporary research areas include structural composites, structural corrosion, distress diagnosis, seismic evaluation, repair and retrofitting of structures and machine learning applications in structural engineering, etc. Dr. Arora’s exceptional contributions to the field have garnered recognition in both national and international academic journals. Beyond his scholarly achievements, he has made a significant impact on the education and development of future engineers, having supervised and guided over 100þ students in their pursuit of bachelor of technology and master of technology degrees. Additionally, he continues to mentor and support research scholars pursuing doctoral programs at the Central Building Research Institute in Roorkee, India.Furthermore, Dr. Arora actively contributes to the scholarly community as a reviewer for journals published by Springer Nature and Elsevier. His commitment to maintain the quality and rigor of academic publications is highly regarded. Beyond his academic pursuits, Dr. Arora has undertaken numerous consultancy and research and development projects within the field of structural engineering, further showing his dedication to advancing the science and practice of sustainable construction.

• 1. Indoor Environmental Quality and Indoor Air Quality 2. Economic Burden and Health Impacts of Indoor Air Pollutants 3. Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, Comfort, and SDGs 4. Guidelines, Standards, Regulations, Policies, and Compliance Certifications for IAQ in Buildings 5. Conventional and Advanced Methods of IAQ Measurement and Monitoring 6. Role of Internet of Things 7. Role of Big Data 8. Role of Artificial Intelligence 9. Role of Drones and Robotics 10. Role of Quantum Technology 11. Role of Smart Technologies, Mobile Applications, and Software 12. Problems, Solutions, Challenges, and Ways to Tackle the Unforeseen