Webinar: Ventilation and Virus Mitigation in Schools - Creating a Game Plan to Reduce COVID-19 Risk and Make Lasting Improvements to IAQ

Recorded February 25, 2021

Webinar Description

Create a game plan to help mitigate risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the near term, and prioritize the top five IAQ improvements to ensure healthy air in schools in the long term. Learn how to assess your current air handling capabilities (e.g., effectiveness of filtration, ability to bring in fresh air, and energy efficiency), and create a plan to improve air quality using a free online risk assessment.

Webinar Viewers Will:

• Create a game plan to help mitigate risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in the near term and prioritize the top 5 IAQ improvements to ensure healthy air in schools in the long term.
• Assess your current air handling capabilities (e.g., effectiveness of filtration, ability to bring in fresh air, and energy efficiency), and create a plan to improve air quality using a free online risk assessment.
• Equip staff to implement risk reduction strategies and follow technical guidance from the ASHRAE to reduce exposure to viruses in schools.
• Replicate best practices from a recent case study of how DC Public Schools—a large, urban district with an older building stock—used federal funds to improve the ventilation, filtration and system monitoring throughout the district.

Moderator

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

Speakers

• Raj Setty, P.E., LEED AP, President of Setty, Member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Schools Technical Task Force
• Chris Ruch, Director of Training, National Energy Management Institute
• Brian Butler, Executive Program Manager, District of Columbia Department of General Services