Healthy Buildings for People: Multi-scaled Approach for Improving Indoor Air Quality

A SyracuseCoE Research & Technology Forum
Thursday, October 20th, 3:00 pm, networking to follow

The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 620 million people and taken over 6 million lives globally. The most common way COVID-19 is transmitted is from one person to another through small airborne particles. Indoor air quality research is paramount to moving forward and keeping people safe and businesses open. Syracuse University has been collaborating with Carrier Corporation to develop indoor air quality (IAQ) strategies that help to meet the current challenges of living, working and traveling in indoor spaces during a pandemic and better prepare for possible future epidemics and pandemics.

This R&T forum will introduce Carrier’s Healthy Building Program, and the important collaborative research with Syracuse University that will contribute to the design of risk mitigation and IAQ strategies – while considering effectiveness, cost and scale. These findings contribute to standards, guidelines and best practices needed to develop effective and sustainable strategies. These include multi-scale IAQ control strategies at building, room, personal and breathing-zone levels and consider outdoor ventilation, filtration systems, air distribution and cleaning methods, personal ventilation and masks.

Presentations

Michael Birnkrant: Carrier’s Healthy Building Program: Challenges and opportunities when focusing on people

Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang: Multiscale strategies for improving IAQ and reducing the risk of infectious disease transmission

This forum will be moderated by Jianshun “Jensen” Zhang.

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