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@joeyfox85
Apr 1, 2022 • 14 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
Become a Ventilation Expert in 6 Steps

This 🧵 is your training course. It's been left to building operators to ensure good ventilation - this hasn't been successful. Time to take back control over your air. You can do it! Just read on.

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1. The cheapest thing to do is to look & listen. Find the diffusers where the air is coming from and try to listen for it. When you can't hear it - something is wrong. Be mindful of the ventilation wherever you are.

2/13
2. Start checking thermostats. Go around and ask people to see them - you’re a ventilation expert now. Make sure the thermostats are all in Fan or On and not Auto. You can either be polite and breathe in everyone’s backwash – or make your voice heard for clean air.

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3. If this is a space where you'll be for a long time (classroom or office), then get a ladder or someone who can climb a ladder safely. Tape some strips of plastic to the diffusers. You can constantly check the airflow by watching the strips flap. Just look up!

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4. Time for some investments - magnetic telescoping pickup tool. Fits in your pocket. If you are 5'8" or so, a 25" opened rod is sufficient to reach diffusers that are 9' high (most buildings). If you're shorter, you'll need a longer one.

5/13

amazon.ca/Zerodis-Telesc…
Attach a tissue to the end with tape or hair clips. Wait until no one is looking, and check the airflow coming from the diffuser. If you don't see it flapping, start complaining. You have a right to clean air! Collapse it back and put it in your pocket before you're caught.

6/13
5. If you are very bold, find an open storage closet and borrow a mop or broom. Keep some tape and a tissue with you. Tape it on top and start your own building commissioning. Remember, if they catch you, tell them you're a ventilation expert.

nypost.com/2020/08/26/doe…
7/13
6. Final step of becoming an expert - CO2 monitoring. This is more expensive than other measures, but it measures air quality and not just air flow. Must be NDIR sensor to trust it.

H/T to @LadyScorcher getting CO2 monitors into libraries.


8/13
It can be done!!! 👏👏👏



9/13
It shouldn't come as a surprise that @twpiggott , the Medical Officer of Health for @Ptbohealth is leading the way. He was the first MOH to recognize #COVIDisAirborne and was a PH leader on N95s. Air quality is his next great initiative.


10/13
Try to do this in your own community. There are people here to help.



11/13
If you have the means and devotion, get your own.
In the US: naltic.com/aranet4coupon.…
In Canada: prescientx.com/shop/ols/produ…

Coupon code is: CleanAirCrew

12/13
Make sure the building operator knows you want the CO2 < 800 ppm. You'll have proof and they'll have nothing to hide.

You are now a ventilation expert. Use your expertise to keep everyone else healthy.

13/13
Here are additional CO2 sensors which are less expensive.

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Since I first published this post, there have been multiple experiments showing ozone is a concern when using far-UV and needs to be taken into consideration.

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ASHRAE 241 Equivalent Clean Airflow Rates

Here are the equivalent clean airflow rates from the recent ASHRAE Standard 241 Control of Infectious Aerosols. I've calculated the equivalent air changes per hour and the equivalent CO2 (if all the clean air was outdoor air).
These rates are doubled when there is "vocalization above a conversational level" (e.g. singing)

I'll be hosting a space with the chair of the committee @WBahnfleth to discuss these rates and more. Please join and message for any questions you have.
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What should you ask about your indoor air quality?

There are things individuals can do to improve the IAQ in their own space, but it ultimately falls on the building owners and operators to provide clean air. Here are some things you should ask to know about the IAQ.

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1. Outdoor Airflow (OA)
- Is the system constant volume or variable volume?
- If it is constant volume, what is the airflow to the room (in cubic feet per minute [CFM] or liters per second [lps])
- if it's variable volume, what is the max and min airflow?

2/10
- what is the minimum OA % supplied during occupied hours?
- what is the occupancy schedule?
- is the system always running during occupied hours/auto mode?
- how often is it checked and maintained?

Learn about ventilation systems.

3/10itsairborne.com/intro-to-venti…
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"We need HEPA filtration, CO2 at 600 ppm and 100% outdoor air everywhere"

I see these types of comments non-stop. They are wrong and unhelpful. They show misguided ignorance about indoor air quality and what is actually required.
I'll start with filtration - you do not care about the filter efficiency. You care about the system effectiveness which is measured as a clean air delivery rate. MERV-13 with 300 cubic feet per minute (CFM) is identical to HEPA with 230 CFM. There's no reason to prefer HEPA.
Furthermore, air handling units can't handle HEPA filters. Demanding this is absurd when it will only increase cost and won't provide any benefit over MERV-13.

Having MERV-13 as the standard is sufficient for particulate matter issues.
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