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Overview

Jarek Kurnitski is affiliated with Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia and has contributed extensively to research primarily within the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their academic work spans a variety of subfields, notably Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research topics focus strongly on aspects related to building energy and comfort optimization, infection control and ventilation, sustainable building design and assessment, wind and air flow studies, urban heat island mitigation, noise effects and management, and facilities and workplace management.

Kurnitski has published multiple papers in prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • Building and Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Energies

The recent research publications by or associated with Kurnitski include:

  • "How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?" (2020) published in Environment International
  • "Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event" (2020) published in Indoor Air
  • "Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)" (2021) published in Journal of Hospital Infection
  • "A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection" (2021) published in Science
  • "Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks" (2022) published in Environmental Science & Technology

Kurnitski collaborates regularly with several coauthors including Martin Thalfeldt, Raimo Simson, Pawel Wargocki, Karl-Villem Võsa, and Martin Kiil.

Best Publications

  • How can airborne transmission of COVID-19 indoors be minimised?

    Lidia Morawska;Julian W. Tang;William Bahnfleth;Philomena M. Bluyssen

  • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event.

    Shelly L Miller;William W Nazaroff;Jose L Jimenez;Atze Boerstra

  • Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

    JW Tang;WP Bahnfleth;PM Bluyssen;G Buonanno

  • Building leakage, infiltration, and energy performance analyses for Finnish detached houses

    Juha Jokisalo;Jarek Kurnitski;Minna Korpi;Targo Kalamees

  • Cost optimal and nearly zero (nZEB) energy performance calculations for residential buildings with REHVA definition for nZEB national implementation

    Jarek Kurnitski;Arto Saari;Targo Kalamees;Mika Vuolle

  • Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks.

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  • A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection.

    Lidia Morawska;Joseph Allen;William Bahnfleth;Philomena M. Bluyssen

  • Cost optimal and nearly zero energy building solutions for office buildings

    E. Pikas;M. Thalfeldt;J. Kurnitski

  • A combined low temperature water heating system consisting of radiators and floor heating

    Ala Hasan;Jarek Kurnitski;Kai Jokiranta

  • Facade design principles for nearly zero energy buildings in a cold climate

    Martin Thalfeldt;Ergo Pikas;Jarek Kurnitski;Hendrik Voll

  • How to define nearly net zero energy buildings nZEB

    Livio Mazzarella;J. Kurnitski;E. Alt

  • A review on energy piles design, sizing and modelling

    Jevgeni Fadejev;Raimo Simson;Jarek Kurnitski;Jarek Kurnitski;Fariborz Haghighat

  • Performance of EN ISO 13790 utilisation factor heat demand calculation method in a cold climate

    Juha Jokisalo;Jarek Kurnitski

  • WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: dampness and mould

    Alireza Afshari;Hugh Ross Anderson;Aaron Cohen;Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes

  • Hourly consumption profiles of domestic hot water for different occupant groups in dwellings

    Kaiser Ahmed;Petri Pylsy;Jarek Kurnitski;Jarek Kurnitski

  • New higher order Haar wavelet method: Application to FGM structures

    J. Majak;M. Pohlak;K. Karjust;M. Eerme

  • Building characteristics, indoor environmental quality, and mathematics achievement in Finnish elementary schools

    Oluyemi Toyinbo;Richard Shaughnessy;Mari Turunen;Tuula Putus

  • Monthly domestic hot water profiles for energy calculation in Finnish apartment buildings

    Kaiser Ahmed;Petri Pylsy;Jarek Kurnitski;Jarek Kurnitski

  • Estonian test reference year for energy calculations

    Targo Kalamees;Jarek Kurnitski

  • Overview and future challenges of nearly zero-energy building (nZEB) design in Eastern Europe

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  • Microbial contamination of indoor air due to leakages from crawl space: a field study.

    Miimu Airaksinen;Pertti Pasanen;Jarek Kurnitski;Olli Seppänen

  • Airtightness of residential buildings in Finland

    Juha Vinha;Elina Manelius;Minna Korpi;Kati Salminen

Frequent Co-Authors

Olli Seppänen
Olli Seppänen Aalto University
Lidia Morawska
Lidia Morawska Queensland University of Technology
Pawel Wargocki
Pawel Wargocki Technical University of Denmark
Giorgio Buonanno
Giorgio Buonanno University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
William W. Nazaroff
William W. Nazaroff University of California, Berkeley
Linsey C. Marr
Linsey C. Marr Virginia Tech
Per Heiselberg
Per Heiselberg Aalborg University
Jose L. Jimenez
Jose L. Jimenez University of Colorado Boulder
Arsen Krikor Melikov
Arsen Krikor Melikov Technical University of Denmark
Peter V. Nielsen
Peter V. Nielsen Aalborg University

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