Webinar: Virus transmission and mitigation in buildings: Past, present and future
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2020-11-17

Viruses can spread readily in buildings, especially in office or other commercial/institutional buildings that have high occupant density, many shared spaces and surfaces, and significant recirculation of indoor air. Owners and operators of commercial and institutional buildings responded quickly and decisively to the COVID-19 pandemic with a number of effective strategies, including moving non-essential workers to remote sites to reduce occupant density, requiring personal protective equipment (PPE), introducing continuous disinfection strategies for common surfaces, and increasing outdoor air ventilation rates and air filter efficiencies. 

Moderator/Panelist Bios: https://bit.ly/er2c-virus-trans

Moderator:
Panagiota Karava, Jack and Kay Hockema Professor in Civil Engineering,  Purdue University

Panelists:
Bill Bahnfleth, Professor of Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Brandon Boor, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Purdue University

Qingyan Chen, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

Jon Douglas, Director of Advanced Development for the Global Controls group, Johnson Controls 

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