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#WHIAQ. Innovations in IAQ

Stephanie Guerra. OSTP. Assistant Director for Health Security and Biodefense.

- Responsible innovation of technologies can help improve IAQ in a wide spectrum of indoor environments.
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@CorsIAQ. It is not going to require rocket science to improve IAQ. We have the tools to do it now. If we do it we will get better health outcomes. We need to make sure we don't leave any community behind. We need accessible tech for IAQ.
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@ShellyMBoulder We need to regulate IAQ as a public good like water (YES!!!). Once we view it as a public good the answers are there. We need standards, regulations and enforcement just like we do for water. We have the tools, we don't have framework to implement the changes.3/

Kevin Cho. Awair. The average person doesn't know how to interpret IAQ data. Digital transformation has made IAQ sensors much cheaper. Need to connect IT and building management organizations.
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Scott Frank. Awareness. CO2 monitors: how many are in the room: answer five. The real estate industry is quiet efficient. If the users are asking more about the built environment the industry will respond. We need the equivalent of "See something, say something."
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@ShellyMBoulder. King's County, WA. No of the homeless shelters had ventilation. UV was the only option for these. Very little UV for air, but lots of UV for water. We know how 254 nm works. Guidelines were published in 2009 for health care facilities. Where are they?
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@CorsIAQ. Affordability. We leave a lot of Americans behind if we only push new tech. #corsirosenthalboxes history. They can work 1.5-2.5 more effective than commercial HEPA at 1/5 of the price. They have educational benefits when used in schools.
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Scott Frank. Outside air is energy intensive (dehumidified and cooled, or humidified and heated). We have mature technologies to address this (heat recovery/energy recovery units, HRV/ERV).
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@ShellyMBoulder. We need infrastructure around training around implementing solutions that we already know work (i.e. Germicidal UV). We don't have enough people to design them. We need investments in the training and oversight in existing technology.
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Scott Frank. The importance of standards is vital to the market. The process is of consensus standards if very long (FACT Check: A YUP!). People can drag out the process on purpose to negative effect. Agencies need to accelerate the standard making process.
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@CorsIAQ. Relative to other fields IAQ funding research has been anemic. Outdoor AQ is the result of the clean air act. The standards we have now look nothing like what we had. It took 50 years to get to where we are for outdoor air quality.
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@CorsIAQ. We need and CLEAN INDOOR AIR ACT!

(YES!)
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@CorsIAQ Need interdisciplinary innovation hubs. Chemists, Engineers, behavior, (many others typing too slow). These hubs move towards developing a new clean indoor air act.
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@ShellyMBoulder. It will take longer than 50 years to get to IAQ to out outdoor air level. We already have some health based standards (WHO).
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Tweeting this now so I don't lose this thread by a typo. more to come.

Frank Scott. "It is pathetic" the current state of IAQ. "You wouldn't take a glass of water from a stranger off the street." 16/

@ShellyMBoulder. We need to think about upping our education game further. People now understand that we will save money if we approve IAQ. 17/

Frank Scott. Shout out to GSA. Taking risks that the private sector would not. Underfloor ventilation in this room was pushed by GSA. There will be mistakes. We will learn from them. (GSA is largest owner of real estate in the world). 18/

@ShellyMBoulder Federal funding has provided what we know to date (thankful). How do we get this out to every home and family. 19/

@ShellyMBoulder. We needs externally exhausting hoods over stoves. Data in the hands of public, we people see PM2.5 numbers change they can figure out there own actions. (VERY TRUE!)
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@CorsIAQ. We talk about schools but we need to talk about education. We need to teach about IAQ in high schools, in undergraduate courses. How to improve IAQ in homes, dorm rooms. We need more professional certification courses (YES! hey @isiaq).
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@CorsIAQ. Innovation use ceiling fans as a treatment.
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Stephanie Guerra. "We have a lot of work to do"
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