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Webinar: You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure: Monitoring IAQ in Schools for Improved Health

Recorded May 19, 2022

Webinar Description

Examine how to implement cost-effective and comprehensive IAQ monitoring to improve the respiratory health of students and staff by reducing air pollutants and asthma triggers (such as viruses, allergens, mold, dust, etc.).

Webinar Viewers Will:

  • Implement cost-effective and comprehensive IAQ monitoring to improve respiratory health of students and staff by reducing air pollutants and asthma triggers (e.g., viruses, allergens, mold, dust).
  • Replicate best practices used by Boston Public Schools to monitor IAQ and assess ventilation and HVAC systems to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools and provide healthier indoor air.
  • Use the Framework for Effective School IAQ Management to develop a systematic approach to IAQ management, ventilation, preventive maintenance, and healthier indoor environments.

Moderator

  • Tracy Washington Enger, Facilitator,  Indoor Environments Division, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC

Speakers

  • Kenneth Martinez, Chief Science Officer, Integrated Bioscience and Built Environment Consortium
  • Prof. Mark Hernandez, Ph.D., PE, S J Archuleta Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO
  • Katherine Walsh, Sustainability and Environmental Resources Manager, Boston Public Schools

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Last updated on July 14, 2025
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