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

After you view the webinar, please complete the webinar evaluation to help us understand your indoor air quality (IAQ) knowledge and steps you want to take to assist your district with managing IAQ comprehensively. Once you submit the evaluation, you can download a certificate of completion for this webinar.

To receive your certificate:

1. You will receive the evaluation link for this webinar via email (from iaqschools@epa.gov).
2. Once you have completed and submitted your evaluation, you will have access to your completion certificate.
3. If you have technical difficulties, please send an email to iaqschools@epa.gov.

Register to view the webinar.

We recommend that you download and review the IAQ Management Value Proposition Worksheet to start the process of developing your own business case and value proposition to communicate your district’s IAQ management plan and preventive maintenance goals.

Moderator:

• Tracy 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

Participants will learn to:

1. Develop a plan to update your school district’s ventilation systems and implement effective, evidence-based IAQ interventions for virus transmission risk reduction;
2. 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;
3. Use the Framework for Effective School IAQ Management to develop a systematic approach to IAQ management, preventive maintenance, ventilation, and healthy indoor environments; and
4. 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.