Webinar: Ventilation and COVID-19 in Schools: Using a Framework to Assess, Prioritize, and Plan for HVAC Upgrades and IAQ Improvements
Recorded October 21, 2021
Webinar Description
Join experts from the Detroit Public Schools Community District and the Michigan Board of Education to discuss how Detroit Public Schools Community District took action to assess indoor air quality (IAQ), ventilation, and HVAC systems (including working with consultants and contractors to perform assessments, commissioning, and retro-commissioning) to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 transmission and create safe breathing environments for all students and staff.
Webinar Viewers Will:
- Develop a plan to update your school district’s ventilation systems and implement effective, evidence-based IAQ interventions for virus transmission risk reduction.
- Assess ventilation, IAQ, and HVAC systems to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools as well as provide healthy indoor air, including working with consultants and contractors to perform assessments, commissioning, and retro-commissioning.
- Use the Framework for Effective School IAQ Management to develop a systematic approach to IAQ management, preventive maintenance, ventilation, and healthy indoor environments.
- Make the health case for creating safe breathing environments for students and staff to help bring together the health services and facility services to work toward a common goal.
Moderator
- Tracy Washington Enger, Facilitator, Indoor Environments Division, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC
Speakers
- Dr. Eliot Attisha, Chief Health Officer, Office of School Health and Wellness, Detroit Public Schools
- Machion Jackson, Assistant Superintendent, Divison of Operations, Detroit Public Schools
- Mike Simmons, Executive Director of Facilities, Detroit Public Schools
- Michael Flowers, Environmental Specialist, Environmental Health and Safety, Detroit Public Schools
- Dr. Pamela Pugh, Vice President, Michigan Board of Education