air quality
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Researchers find new way to detect coronavirus via HVAC
Researchers suggest that widely implementing building air sampling could allow earlier detection of the virus in shared spaces.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Getting UV-C air purifier placement right
UV-C air purifiers are often installed correctly, and this can reduce their effectiveness by as much as 50%.
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Study finds ‘serious difference’ in viability of different masks
A new study from the University of Waterloo found the most common masks, primarily due to problems with fit, filter about 10 per cent of exhaled aerosol droplets.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Air purifiers often add to indoor air pollution
A new expert study found that many commercial electronic air cleaners actually release aerosols and other pollutants into buildings.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Upgrading HVAC systems an unclear process: survey
Improving air quality has been a priority for many facility managers during COVID-19 but many do not believe they have the information they need.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Scientists find lack of focus on air quality
The American Association for the Advancement of Science Journal found there has been a lack of focus on how air quality factors into the prevention of environmental infection.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How schools are boosting air quality measures
The report found that schools have prioritized ventilation and filtration to reduce the transmission of the virus.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
COVID-19 and HVAC systems
Cleaning and disinfecting HVAC air conveyance systems has never been more critical.
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Sensors to monitor air pollution on UBC campus
UBC's Rapid Air Improvement Network will be translating collected data into effective interventions, including control strategies for building ventilation.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Employees willing to take pay cut for better air quality
Post-pandemic employees will demand safer environments including higher air quality to get back into their workplaces.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario supporting air-monitoring technology
Ontario is funding CEM Specialties Inc. (CEMSI) to help commercialize and accelerate production of its air-monitoring COVID-19 detector.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Safety concerns abound as students head back to school
Assessing health, safety, and infection control risks of going back to school against the value of physical classes is a tricky balance.
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New technology detects airborne chemicals
The new prototype provides real-time monitoring of air quality in events like haze outbreaks.
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The importance of indoor air quality for productive workers
In the 1700s, Ben Franklin said, “I am persuaded that no common air from outside is so unwholesome as the air inside a closed room
Canadian Facility Management & Design
UBC using Wi-Fi data to save building energy
A University of British Columbia engineer has found a way to use Wi-Fi data to determine the number of people in a building and adjust its ventilation.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Nedlaw Living Walls wins award of excellence
Nedlaw Living Walls has won an Award of Excellence from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities for its biofilter at the Edmonton federal building.
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2016 ASHRAE Handbook targets HVAC systems
Revisions to the majority of chapters in a new 2016 ASHRAE Handbook include major updates related to thermal storage and district heating and cooling.
