When you have direct personal contact with an infected person or touch a surface that has virus on it, the virus particles will “stick” to the oil on your skin and remain there until washed off. Soap has physical properties that loosen the particles from your skin. When you rinse your soapy hands, you wash the soap and virus particles away.
A hodgepodge of articles discussing how soap both cleans virus from your skin as well as destroys it. How Handwashing with Soap Kills Coronavirus- NewYork-Presbyterian (nyp.org) Soap-ology: Quick Facts About Soap and How it Protects You from Infection – Daily Nurse Soap Minimizes Coronavirus Risk (revoscience.com) How Soap Kills COVID-19 on Hands (unesco.org) Why Soap […]
COVID Tip Tuesday Post for December 14, 2020 Learn more: From US CDC: Social Distancing (cdc.gov) MIAQC Resources Page: COVID-19 Resources Page – Maine Indoor Air Quality Council Explore the Science: Scientific Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Potential Airborne Transmission | CDC Social distancing is just one way to reduce exposure to COVID-19 when indoors. Stay tuned […]
Healthy, productive, environmentally sustainable indoor environments. Fall 2020President’s MessageFrom Dick Rollins, President, Maine Indoor Air Quality CouncilDue to the pandemic, our annual IAQ & Energy Conference 2020 was held on Oct 27-29 as a 100% virtual event. While we missed the in-person visits and chats, we were very pleased with the high quality and variety […]
COVID Tip Tuesday Post for December 8, 2020 Learn more: From US CDC: COVID-19: Considerations for Wearing Masks | CDC MIAQC Resources Page: COVID-19 Resources Page – Maine Indoor Air Quality Council Explore the Science: Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 | CDC Wearing a mask is just […]
See sessions at: https://www.iaqandenergy.com/sessions. The Maine Indoor Air Quality Council has finalized the schedule of sessions taking place at the annual IAQ & Energy Conference. The 2020 event, scheduled for October 27-29, is virtual, and features 23 live-streamed sessions, more than 20 pre-recorded sessions, an interactive trade show, and lots of ways for attendees to […]
Registration is open for the April 8th webinar on ventilation measurements. It’s easier than you might think! Go to: www.maineindoorair.org/ventilationmeasurements to register.
Newsletter of the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council Digest version. Want the full version? Sign up to receive our monthly newsletter at the bottom of this page! President’s Message2020 has arrived and looks to be a great year for MIAQC and its members. We’ve already have started planning for our 2020 IAQ & Energy Conference […]
by MIAQC Members David Johnston (David Johnston & Co.) and William A. Turner, P.E. (Turner Building Science & Design) Abstract The adoption of the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code has special ramifications for Climate Zones 6, 7, and 8. As shown in Table R402.1.2, IECC 2015, Zones 6,7, and 8 are effectively precluded from using […]
The quarterly newsletter of the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council President’s Message October is Indoor Air Quality Awareness Month (who knew?), and I find it fitting that the Council has moved its signature event, the IAQ & Energy Conference from the Spring to the Fall. The Conference is the largest piece of work output we […]
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