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How arenas work to keep fans safe attending indoor sports STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Sports Writer March 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 21 1of21Fans wear masks and sit in marked off seats at an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference Tournament Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Large buildings with high ceilings and ventilation systems that can change out fresh air almost a third as well as airplanes are reasons why experts and engineers believe it's reasonable for limited numbers of fans to be returning to live, indoor sporting events. They say masks are st...

Dr. Mateus answers teachers’ questions about ventilation and COVID-19 at Alabama rank-and-file meeting On February 27, the Alabama Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee hosted an online meeting titled “The CDC vs. Science: What teachers, parents & students need to know.” The meeting was organized after the release of politically motivated guidelines on school reopenings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on February 12. An Alabama public school teacher chaired the meeting, which was attended by educators from across that state as well as California, Georgia, Haw...

Airborne transmission of the virus that causes COVID has been a subject of considerable debate over the past year

SETTY Connects 1,500 Teachers with Critical Information about the HVAC Systems in their Schools and the Efforts to Keep Them Safe in the Classroom News provided by Share this article WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With more than 1500 teachers on the line,  Raj Setty, president of local engineering firm SETTY, recently explained how the recently upgraded HVAC systems in D.C. schools will ensure better air quality for District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) teachers and students. An invited guest of DCPS, Setty joined a panel of speakers at the DCPS Community Townhall on thei...

Tetra Tech High Performance Buildings COVID Task Force Shares Strategies for Healthier Buildings Mitigating the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 with MEP design Published 01-06-21 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, our High Performance Buildings Group has conducted research into the role that mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design can play in mitigating the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 in the built environment. With the guidance of Dr. Willaim Bahnfleth, Chairman of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE) Epidemic Task Force, and Dr....