Project Info

Subjectivity in building mold index through crowd sourcing

Shiling Pei | spei@mines.edu

Using crowd sourcing techniques to quantify the subjectivity in a classical mold index. Basically there is a 0-6 index scientists assign to mold growth in buildings. This index has some subjectivity to it. This project will develop survey and recruit a large group of people to help rate different mold conditions and come up with a statistical description on how “subjective” this current index system is.

More Information

A paper that introduces some application of the mold index can be found at
Viitanen, H., & Ojanen, T. (2007). Improved model to predict mold growth in building materials. In Proceedings of the Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Whold Building X, Florida, USA.

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