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HVAC is trending in #Ontario.
Let's clear the air, #onted.
It should be immediate #VENTILATION, with filtration improvements, for a #SaferSeptember to buy us time, and Indoor Environmental Quality improvements (#IEQ), for the long term. Not generic 'HVAC'. Not "AC".
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Let's clear the air, #onted.
It should be immediate #VENTILATION, with filtration improvements, for a #SaferSeptember to buy us time, and Indoor Environmental Quality improvements (#IEQ), for the long term. Not generic 'HVAC'. Not "AC".
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We say we urgently need quality HVAC in schools (we do!) but HVAC is:
(H)eating the building,
(V)entilating using outdoor air, and
(A)ir (C)onditioning,
where AC = removing heat and moisture.
ALL classrooms have H and V, though often no AC.
(H)eating the building,
(V)entilating using outdoor air, and
(A)ir (C)onditioning,
where AC = removing heat and moisture.
ALL classrooms have H and V, though often no AC.
In old schools Ventilation was provided naturally, using a chimney effect to cause negative pressure in the school, drawing outdoor air inside. It's unreliable, so these schools were later retrofitted with exhaust fans to force the air out. (if you find unrenovated, send pics!)
1/7: This is a well done overview of the negative #IAQ impacts of gas stoves, the resulting health implications (which are inequitably distributed), & the larger social/political/economic forces still driving their use, via @voxdotcom & @drvox #AirQuality
vox.com/energy-and-env…
vox.com/energy-and-env…
2/7: @nicolatwilley had a related piece on the negative #IAQ conditions prevalent in our homes last year in the @NewYorker. I recommend it as well.
#AirQuality #Health
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
#AirQuality #Health
newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
3/7: For recent overview of indoor air quality, I strongly recommend @j_g_allen's & @cleantechcities new book - "Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity" - hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is…
#IEQ #environmentalquality #AirQuality #health #productivity
#IEQ #environmentalquality #AirQuality #health #productivity
1/5: "Exposure to each of the four housing deficiencies stated above [damp, noise, excess cold &/or lack of daylight] is associated w/ poorer health outcomes for the children affected [30% of children in the EU]."
#IEQ #IAQ #health #wellness #ksed
rand.org/randeurope/res…
#IEQ #IAQ #health #wellness #ksed
rand.org/randeurope/res…
