From Maine Indoor Air Quality Council
Practical Building Recommendations to Reduce Virus Transmission
Updated 11/23/2020
Prepared by Kristofer G. Anderson, P.E., Bath, ME
Read Our Weekly COVID Tips on Ventilation and Other Topics
Simple, easy-to-understanding messaging on practical strategies to reduce exposure to COVID-19 indoors.
Blog Archives – Maine Indoor Air Quality Council
Manage Your Home to Prevent COVID-19 (Written by Executive Director Christine Crocker for Green & Healthy Maine Homes Magazine)
https://greenmainehomes.com/blog/manage-your-home-to-prevent-covid-19
The SAFEAIRSPACES COVID-19 Aerosol Relative Risk Estimator
Use your parameters for # of occupants, floor space/height, ventilation rate, filtration rate, time indoors, and use of masks to determine transmission risk.
https://safeairspaces.com/
From ASHRAE
ASHRAE Position Document on Airborne Infectious Disease
COVID-19 Response Resources
https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/resources
From Schools for Health (Harvard School for Public Health)
5 Step Guide to Checking Ventilation Rates in Classrooms
https://schools.forhealth.org/ventilation-guide/
From Educational Plant Maintenance Association
EPMA HVAC Resources
https://maineindoorair.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/EPMA-HVAC-Reccomendations.pdf
From US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Improving Ventilation in Your Home
Improving Ventilation in Your Home | CDC
From U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
On-Demand Webinar: Using Ventilation Practices to Promote Healthy IAQ in Schools
https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/forms/webinar-meeting-current-school-health-challenges-and-beyond-new-tools-assess-and
On-Demand Webinar: New Tools to Assess and Address IAQ Health & Safety
https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/forms/webinar-meeting-current-school-health-challenges-and-beyond-new-tools-assess-and
Indoor Air and Coronavirus (COVID-19)
https://www.epa.gov/coronavirus/indoor-air-and-coronavirus-covid-19
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology
A web-based tool called FaTIMA: Fate and Transport of Indoor Microbiological Aerosols
https://www.nist.gov/services-resources/software/fatima
From Federation of European Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Associations
How to Operate and Use Building Services to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
https://www.rehva.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/REHVA_COVID-19_guidance_document_V4_23112020.pdf
