University releases videos to support improved indoor air quality – AirQualityNews

Experts at the University of California, Davis, in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health, have released a series of videos designed to alert building managers to the importance of indoor air quality

The videos explain the measures that can be taken to remove pollutants (including viruses) from the air circulating in buildings.

Professor Chris Cappa, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Davis and co-principal investigator of the project, said: “The aim is to help people understand the issues surrounding indoor air quality as they relate to disease is connected and what.” What managers can do to make it better.

“Increased productivity through improving indoor air quality offers potentially huge economic benefits.”

COVID focused on indoor air, but the team also wants to point out the other benefits of monitoring and controlling indoor air quality, taking into account the effects of cleaning products, VOCs from paint and carpets, and cooking fumes, as well as external influences such as pollen and wildfire smoke.

Richard Corsi, dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering and principal investigator on the project, talks about the three R’s: “The basic principles of indoor air quality are the three R’s.” In order of increasing difficulty, they are: Remove the source of pollution; Reduce the source of pollution; and clean up the air.’

In a 2019 study, co-researcher Theresa Pistochini, co-director of the Western Cooling Efficiency Center at UC Davis, found that about 85% of recently installed HVAC systems in California classrooms did not provide adequate ventilation, leading to can lead to poor performance by students and teachers.

Theresa Pistochini, co-director of the Western Cooling Efficiency Center at UC Davis, conducted a study in 2019 that found that about 85% of HVAC systems recently installed in California had inadequate ventilation, potentially leading to poor student performance contributed.

Regarding indoor air pollution, she said: “The problem is that you can’t see it or feel it.” “We hope that with more education and advocacy we can create awareness of the problem and possible solutions to it.”

The other two videos can be seen here:

IAQ and respiratory diseases (youtube.com)

Strategies and methods for IAQ assessment (youtube.com)