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Ventilation for Healthy Buildings

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Description

Over the past year, the COVID-19 Pandemic drove an intense focus on the risk of virus transmission in indoor environments, including commercial, institutional, and public buildings.

Jeff Nichols, PE, CEM, BCxP, LEED® AP, will summarize the research and facilitate a discussion about airborne virus transmission. Additionally, he will highlight the importance of ventilation strategies in reducing the probability of infection.

Increased ventilation provides a direct dilution benefit and is one of the primary methods for reducing concentrations of indoor contaminants. ASHRAE’s Epidemic Task Force postures that building operating and maintenance procedures should adhere to current accepted ventilation standards.

Additional supplementary guidance suggests that temporarily increasing ventilation rates above current levels until the community risk of infection returns to safe levels may be warranted.

This webinar will review what we have learned over the past 12 months and what are the best ventilation strategies today and future considerations going forward.

Contributors

  • Jeff Nichols, PE, CEM, BCxP, LEED® AP

    Jeff is the President of Engineering Economics, Inc. - a facility systems consulting firm approaching four decades of service in the commercial, industrial, and institutional markets. Jeff and EEI specialize in MEP commissioning, facility energy assessments, augmented technical support for CM and GC, and building optimization services through analytics software.

    Jeff is a long-time BCxA member and 40-year industry veteran. He is a registered professional engineer, Certified Building Commissioning Professional (ASHRAE), Certified Energy Manager (Association of Energy Engineers), and LEED Accredited Professional (USGBC). Jeff's areas of expertise include system analysis, HVAC operation and efficiency, and energy-efficiency.

May 10, 2021
Mon 10:00 AM PDT

Duration 1H 0M

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