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You are here: Home / Industry / Recommended Reading: Treat Air Quality to Safeguard Buildings Against COVID-19

Recommended Reading: Treat Air Quality to Safeguard Buildings Against COVID-19

November 18, 2020 By Building Potential staff

In a recent Seattle Times editorial ‘Treat Air Quality to Safeguard Buildings Against COVID-19,’ Gus Simonds, President of MacDonald-Miller, highlights approaches for building owners and property managers to safely bring people back into buildings by following the research and guidelines from the CDC, the state, and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Simonds addresses the challenge of each unique building requiring a customized solution and discusses some of the recommended approaches such as increasing outdoor air intake, regulating humidity, and utilizing bipolar ionization that can be taken to ensure safe and healthy indoor environments.

Read the editorial HERE.

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