Thread by @Poppendieck

#WHIAQ. Why improving IAQ makes good business sense.

Jordan Silberman. Monumental Sports (Capital One Arena in DC). Baseline post pandemic now thinks about more than just security. Created a system to track safety AND IAQ through building wide monitoring.
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Michele Schneider. Salesforce. 6 million sq feet management. Workplace design focused on well being in the past. Now IAQ is on the list and a core value.

Kevin Kampschroer. GSA. The only reasons buildings exist is to take care of people in them (YES).
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Kevin Kampschroer. GSA. Firing ranges do NOT have good IAQ. In control of 360 million square feet. Fell into the droplet trap. Need to use good cleaning products as they stay in the building. Biggest change is a vastly larger effort to test buildings/compile data.
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Kevin Kampschroer. GSA. Huge increase in amount of surveys to get feedback. Need to use it as a building operator. Need a building score card displayed outside each building.
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Guy Vardi. Silverstien Properties. Did not have a pandemic plan in place for properties. Safe building is not enough. Also is a trust issue. Responsibility that not only every needs to be safe, but feel safe. "Radical transparency". (YES!)
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Guy Vardi. Created software to rate each room on a score from 0-100. Easier to communicate than ACH/MERV level ect.

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Jordan Silberman. We have metal detectors at live events. We need to think about IAQ in the same manner we think about security. Good business to make people feel safe at events.

Jordan Silberman. "Industry needs government and government needs industry."

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Michele Schneider. Did not have the IAQ expertise prior to the pandemic.

Kevin Kampschroer. GSA. 25% of federal buildings are so old they can't put in high MERV filtration. Operate buildings how they were designed (old buildings were designed to open windows).
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Kevin Kampschroer. GSA. Need to make sure education about IAQ doesn't go away for the next event.

Guy Vardi. What is the right thing to do? Trying to figure out what to do is hard. Thankful to "folks in academia".
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Guy Vardi. Sometimes the best practice is counter intuitive. Private offices with long meetings can have higher transmission than open floor plans. Compliance is hard. Make it seem less. Air filtration and ventilation is seemless that public doesn't need worry about.
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@drdavidmichaels How can the government help?

Jordan Silberman. Learned about how the building operates better. Allow smart people to come into the building to help.

Guy Vardi. Needs best practices. Didn't have the skills. Government needs to provide best practices.
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Kevin Kampschroer. GSA. Don't be afraid to ask for governmental people. It is going to be a partnership between government and industry. Highlighted gsa.gov/governmentwide…
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Jordan Silberman. People need to feel safe.

Michele Schneider. Need to demystify IAQ. Part of everyday life.

Kevin Kampschroer. Purpose of buildings is the people within them. Make good decisions. Good business sense to not kill your employees or customers.
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@drdavidmichaels. The benefits of clean indoor air is tremendous. By improving IAQ we will do more than reduce COVID19/flu transmission. Better performance, better health, better lives.