Room-level ventilation in schools and universities

V. Faye McNeill; Richard Corsi; J. Alex Huffman; Cathleen King; Robert Klein; Michael Lamore; Do Young Maeng; Shelly L. Miller; Nga Lee Ng; Paula Olsiewski; Krystal J. Godri Pollitt; Rachel Segalman; Alex Sessions; Todd Squires; Sabrina Westgate

Atmospheric Environment: X (Jan 2022)

Room-level ventilation in schools and universities

V. Faye McNeill,
Richard Corsi,
J. Alex Huffman,
Cathleen King,
Robert Klein,
Michael Lamore,
Do Young Maeng,
Shelly L. Miller,
Nga Lee Ng,
Paula Olsiewski,
Krystal J. Godri Pollitt,
Rachel Segalman,
Alex Sessions,
Todd Squires,
Sabrina Westgate

Affiliations

V. Faye McNeill: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Richard Corsi: College of Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
J. Alex Huffman: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, CO, 80208, USA
Cathleen King: Environmental Health and Safety, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
Robert Klein: Occupational Health & Environmental Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA; Coastal Safety, LLC, Clinton, CT, 06413, USA
Michael Lamore: Facilities Utilities and Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
Do Young Maeng: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
Shelly L. Miller: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
Nga Lee Ng: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA; School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
Paula Olsiewski: Center for Health Security, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA
Krystal J. Godri Pollitt: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA; Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
Rachel Segalman: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA; Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
Alex Sessions: Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
Todd Squires: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
Sabrina Westgate: School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13
p. 100152

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Ventilation is of primary concern for maintaining healthy indoor air quality and reducing the spread of airborne infectious disease, including COVID-19. In addition to building-level guidelines, increased attention is being placed on room-level ventilation. However, for many universities and schools, ventilation data on a room-by-room basis are not available for classrooms and other key spaces. We present an overview of approaches for measuring ventilation along with their advantages and disadvantages. We also present data from recent case studies for a variety of institutions across the United States, with various building ages, types, locations, and climates, highlighting their commonalities and differences, and examples of the use of this data to support decision making.

Published in Atmospheric Environment: X

ISSN: 2590-1621 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering: Environmental pollution; Science: Physics: Meteorology. Climatology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/atmospheric-environment-x

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