Find additional information from the Department of Education on using federal funds to support both immediate actions and longer-term projects, including the inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrading of projects to improve indoor air quality in school facilities: https://www.ed.gov/coronavirus/improving-ventilation public 8:04 PM
Click the link to review this infographic or share it with your peers: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2021-09/iaq_proven-strategies_infographic.pdf public 8:05 PM
ANSI/ASHRAE Standards 62.1 and 62.2 are the recognized standards for ventilation system design and acceptable IAQ: https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/bookstore/standards-62-1-62-2 public 8:12 PM EPA IAQ Tech Support (Organizer)to Everyone
Please submit any questions or comments for discussion using the question function. All questions are submitted to the speakers for the discussion scheduled at the end of this webinar during the Q&A session. public 8:20 PM
The study employed the NIST FaTIMA online tool: https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/fatima The results of the study were used in the CDC Interactive School Ventilation Tool found here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/comm public 8:25 PM
Evaluating Ventilation Performance, Handbook of Indoor Air Quality: https://www.nist.gov/publications/evaluating-ventilation-performance public 8:26 PM
The ASHRAE Position Document on Indoor CO2 is available for download here: https://www.ashrae.org/file library/about/position documents/pd_indoorcarbondioxide_2022.pdf public 8:26 PM EPA IAQ Tech Support (Organizer)to Everyone
Apologies for the typo. Please use the following link for the CDC Interactive School Ventilation Tool: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/interactive-ventilation-tool.html public 8:28 PM
The Quick Indoor CO2 (QICO2) Tool can be accessed here: https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/quick-indoor-co2-qico2-tool public 8:28 PM
The resources referenced are listed below: Persily and Siegel. 2022. Improving Ventilation Performance in Response to the Pandemic. The Bridge 52(3). https://www.nae.edu/281412/Improving-Ventilation-Performance-in-Response-to-the-Pandemic Persily. 2021. Evaluating Ventilation Performance. In Handbook of Indoor Air Quality. Springer Singapore. 10.1007/978-981-10-5155-5_20-1; https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=932281 ASHRAE. 2022. Position Document on Indoor CO2. https://www.ashrae.org/file library/about/position documents/pd_indoorcarbondioxide_2022.pdf Persily. 2022. Development and Application of an Indoor Carbon Dioxide Metric. Indoor Air. DOI: 10.1111/INA.13059 Persily and Polidoro. 2022. Indoor Carbon Dioxide Metric Analysis Tool. NIST Technical Note 2213. https://pages.nist.gov/CONTAM-apps/webapps/CO2Tool/#/ Ng, et al. 2021. Single-Zone Simulations Using FaTIMA for Reducing Aerosol Exposure in Educational Spaces. NIST Technical Note 2150-up. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2150-upd Persily. 2021. Using CO2 Monitoring to Manage Ventilation in Buildings. EPA Indoor Air Quality Science Webinar. https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=933724; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88XCmW8yIhs Persily and Ng. 2020. Ventilation Impacts on Indoor Aerosol Transport and Current HVAC Recommendations for Re-Opening Buildings. Federal Interagency Committee on IAQ. https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=930680 public 8:31 PM
To read the full report, titled “The First Four Healthy Building Strategies Should Pursue to Reduce Risk from COVID-19,” visit: https://covid19commission.org/safe-work-travel public 8:34 PM
The Harvard CU-Boulder Portable Air Cleaner can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/portableaircleanertool public 8:36 PM
To read the Non-infectius Air Delivery Rates for Reducing Exposure to Airborne Respiratory Infectious Diseases report, visit: https://covid19commission.org/safe-work-travel public 8:37 PM
The epidemiological modeling study looking at intervention strategies against infectious diseases can be accessed here: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2009-105/default.html public 8:44 PM
To read EPA’s Residential Air Cleaners: A Technical Summary visit https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2018-07/documents/residential_air_cleaners_-_a_technical_summary_3rd_edition.pdf public 8:55 PM
EPA’s Indoor Air and Coronavirus (COVID-19) web page and related resources can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/healthy-indoor-environments-schools-during-covid-19-pandemic-and-beyond public 9:14 PM
Explore EPA’s Professional Training Webinar Series here: https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/ondemand-training-webinars public 9:15 PM
Find all of these resources and more on EPA’s “Creating Healthy Indoor Air Quality in Schools” Website: www.epa.gov/iaq-schools Here are some EPA resources to get you started: IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit: https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/indoor-air-quality-tools-schools-action-kit School IAQ Assessment Mobile App: https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/school-iaq-assessment-mobile-app IAQ Tools for Schools Framework and Technical Solutions: https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/framework-effective-school-iaq-management IAQ Master Class Professional Training Webinar Series: https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/indoor-air-quality-master-class-professional-training-webinar-series Energy Savings Plus Health Guide and Interactive Air Quality Planner: https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/protecting-iaq-during-school-energy-efficiency-retrofit-projects-energy-savings-plus IAQ Tools for Schools: Preventive Maintenance Guidance: https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/indoor-air-quality-tools-schools-preventive-maintenance-guidance-documents public 9:15 PM