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26 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Droplets Drop

#COVIDisAirborne

Schools "should stop enhanced cleaning,
disinfecting, “deep clean” days, and any other expensive and disruptive cleaning. "

centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/publi…

#LetsEndThisThing
More: "US government should convene a federal task force dedicated to school air quality to develop guidance for long-term, sustainable, cost-effective, improvements to indoor air quality in schools."
"they should develop guidance for improving, monitoring, and maintaining good indoor air quality....importantly, should provide recommendations for oversight and accountability."
"Two principles are important: (1) incentives matter and (2) what gets measured gets done. "
"Researchers have shown that school administrators are often unaware of technical issues related to building maintenance. The failure to continuously monitor HVAC maintenance increases the probability that performance will be at the lower end of the laboratory-measured range. "

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14 Apr
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @linseymarr: Absolute humidity total amount of water in a sponge, relatively humidity is fraction of water it can hold. Sponge size depends on temperature. Absolute indoor humidity tracks outdoor, except when air conditioning. Relative does not.
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @linseymarr: Who fills humidifiers with distilled water? (I DO!). Ultrasonic humidifiers produce a distribution of particles, number concentrations depends on water chemistry. Much of the mass is smaller than 0.3 microns.
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @linseymarr: Which is lower than consumer grade PM sensors can see. Relatively humidity (RH) is important as it controls evaporation. Below 80% RH things aerosols shrink to similar size, but the rate is RH dependent.
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14 Apr
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @marinavance: Indoor sources can impact outdoor ambient air. PM2.5 and larger concentrations increased when house is ventilated, but cooking and cleaning increased PM concentrations an order of magnitude higher.
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @marinavance: Notes that the "Brussel sprouts were nicely cooked in the oven." Points out that PM0.1 concentrations highest during cooking, but this size is below what consumer grade PM sensors can see.
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @marinavance: Cooking heat source is likely responsible for PM number concentrations, while the food is responsible for the mass concentration. Plasticizers and siloxanes are seen in on particles when cooking.
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14 Apr
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @ChemDelphine Deposition of particles is the most poorly understood component both indoors and outdoors. Outdoors PM lifetime is about a week. PM across the US has been decreasing in general, except for wildfires.
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @ChemDelphine: PM ages within hours of wildfire emission. Gases from wildfires can oxidize then condense onto PM. Drivers of oxidation potential (i.e. vehicles wear/SOA) of aerosol varies geographically.
Indoor PM @theNASEM workshop: @ChemDelphine: Indoor PM time frame is minute to hours, instead of days of outdoors. Chemicals can evaporate from PM into the gas phase once move indoors. Especially when heating in winter. In summer, chemicals condense on outdoor PM once indoors.
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28 Feb
Using CO2 as a ventilation clue!

Welcome to a long thread about seven complications related to using CO2 for indoor ventilation measurements...

It be fun... really!

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COMPLICATION #1. CO2 does NOT equal IAQ (Indoor air quality). CO2 is a good surrogate for human emissions. But in indoor spaces we have emissions from building materials, furniture, cleaning agents, and cooking. 2/
COMPLICATION #1 (Cont). In addition to the 1,000’s of chemical from those sources we also have indoor chemistry happening in the air. So CO2 is a good measure of required ventilation only in places with lots of people (classrooms, gyms) where human emissions dominate. 3/
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25 Feb
Consumer grade indoor air quality sensors, what are they good for? A thread... 1/7
When I was in highschool I walked to school. In the winter had the choice to walk ~1 km around a small lake or ~0.5 km across the lake. The big unknown was always was the ice thick enough to make sure I did not fall in. 2/7
I had several sources of data I could use to help me make that decision. 1) The imediate temperature, 2) the historical temperature, 3) if there were cars on the lake (ice fishing). 3/7
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19 Oct 20
Air change rate is the rate of air ENTERING (not leaving) a room divided by the volume of the room. Why is this important? 1/n
Because of mixing it takes up to 3/(air change rate) for 95% of the air in a room to exit the room due to mixing. 2/n
So if the air change rate is 6/hour, it will take up to 0.5 hours to remove 95% of the air originally present. 3/n
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