Prof. Alireza Afshari

Danish Building Research Institute

Aalborg University, Denmark

Professor

Email: ala@sbi.dk

Qualifications

1999  Ph.D., Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

1987  M.S., Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Publications(Selected)

1. Afshari, A., & Reinhold, C. (2008). Deposition of fine and ultrafine particles on indoor surface materials. Indoor and Built Environment, 17(3), 247-251.
2. Elvira Vaclavik Bräuner. Peter Møller. Lykke Forchhammer, Lars Barregaard, Lars Gunnarsen, Alireza Afshari, Peter Wåhlin, Marianne Glasius, Lars Ove Dragsted, Samar Basu, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen and Steffen Loft, (2007). "Indoor Particles Affect Endothelial Function in the Elderly: An Air Filtration-based Intervention Study", American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 177, pp. 419 – 425.
3. Behnoush Yeganeh, Fariborz Haghighat, Lars Gunnarsen, Alireza Afshari and Henrik Knudsen, (2006). "Evaluation of Building Materials Individually and in Combination Using Odour Threshold", Journal of Indoor and Built Environment Vol. 15, No. 6, 583-593.
4. Per Axel Clausen , Vivi Hansen, Lars Gunnarsen, Alireza Afshari and Peder Wolkoff, (2004)” Emission of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate from PVC flooring into air and uptake in dust. Chamber and sorption experiments in FLEC and CLIMPAQ” Environmental Science & Technology, 38, pp. 2531-2537.
5. Alireza Afshari, Lars Gunnarsen, Per Axel Clausen and Vivi Hansen, (2004) ”Emission of phthalates from PVC and other plasticized materials”, Indoor Air, 14, pp. 120-128.
6. Peer-reviewed conference papers 2008 - 2010 is shown below:
7. Alireza Afshari, Ole Michael Jensen, Niels Christian Bergsøe, Ricardo Luis Teles De Carvalho (2010). Burning Stoves Including Lighting on Indoor Particle Concentrations. In Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings Clima 2010, REHVA World Congress 10, Antalya, Turkey, 09.05.2010-12.05.2010: Proceedings cd-rom. 6 p.
8. Alireza Afshari, Bingbing Shi, Niels Christian Bergsøe, Lars Ekberg, Tord Larsson (2010). Quantification of Ultrafine Particles from Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke Infiltration in Flats. In Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings Clima 2010, REHVA World Congress 10, Antalya, Turkey, 09.05.2010-12.05.2010: Proceedings cd-rom. 8 p.
9. Bingbing Shi, Lars E. Ekberg, Alireza Afshari, Niels C. Bergsøe (2010). The Effectiveness of Portable Air Cleaner Against Tobacco Smoke in Multizone Residential Environments. In Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings Clima 2010, REHVA World Congress 10, Antalya, Turkey, 09.05.2010-12.05.2010: Proceedings cd-rom. 8 p.
10. Pawel Wargocki, Henrik N. Knudsen, Artur Rabstajn and Alireza Afshari, (2009). Measurements of perceived air quality: Correlations between odor intensity, acceptability and characteristics of air, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2009, paper 103, 4 p.
11. Birgit Müller, Arne Dahms, Björn Jakob, Alireza Afshari, etc (2009). Measuring perceived air quality and intensity by means of sensor systems, the European Project SysPAQ, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2009, paper 326, 4 p.
12. Mari-Liis Maripuu and Alireza Afshari, (2009). Evaluation of the performance of mixed gas and carbon dioxide sensors for the application of demand controlled ventilation – Full-scale test in a meeting room, International conference EERB-BEBH, Guilin, China.
13. Lars Gunnarsen, Asta Logadottir, Alireza Afshari, Carsten Rode, Rikke Møller Glendorf, Eva B. Møller (2009). Humidity in air during and after humidifying incidents in three different houses, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2009, paper 684, 4 p.
14. Afshari, A., Wåhlin, P., Gunnarsen, L., Bräuner, E.V., Loft, S., & Reinhold, C. (2008). The correlation between amount of carpet and deposition of particles. In Strøm-Tejsen, P., et al. (Eds.), Indoor Air 2008: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, 17-22 August 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark, paper ID 775.
15. Traberg-Borup, Steen ; Gunnarsen, Lars Bo ; Afshari, Alireza. (2008). Sensing and detoxification devices in public building spaces , Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Building Physics in the Nordic Countries:Nordic Symposium on Building Physics, NSB2008.vol. 1,Lyngby:Technical University of Denmark,2008.s. 385-392.