Webinar: Examining the Evidence: How School Buildings Influence Student Health, Thinking and Performance

Recorded November 28, 2018

Webinar Description

Demonstrate that healthy buildings and IAQ are foundational components of student health and academic performance by applying more than 30 years of scientific evidence gathered on the environmental factors that affect students most.

Webinar Viewers Will:

• Demonstrate that healthy buildings and IAQ are foundational to student health, thinking and academic performance.
• Apply more than 30 years of scientific evidence gathered on the environmental factors that affect student health and performance.
• Promote the importance of establishing an IAQ management plan and motivate leadership and fellow team members to maintain a healthy school environment.
• Implement the tools and strategies provided to create a healthier environment for students and staff.
• Take action and commit to addressing the well-being of school occupants in current and future facility plans.

Moderator

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

Speakers

• Dr. Joseph G. Allen, Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MA
• John Spengler, Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health and Human Habitation, and Director of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MA
• Erika Eitland, Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Environmental Health and the Program Leader for the Schools for Health Team, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, MA