Duct Sealing’s Impact on SARS CoV-2 Virus :: TECHNICAL BRIEF
Duct Sealing is a Critical Dilution Strategy Reducing Airborne Exposures
In light of COVID-19, our commercial team has been working tirelessly over the past year with ECSOs, facility managers, and mechanical engineering firms to help the nation get safely back to work and school. Industry guidance from experts, including ASHRAE and the CDC, confirms it takes a combination of strategies to reduce the transmission of the SARS CoV-2 virus: dilution, filtration, and destruction.
The importance of proper airflow and ventilation has never been more apparent — especially in restrooms — considering its significant impact on controlling the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Federal Relief Packages to Drive Facility Upgrades
Legislation including the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund and the American Rescue Fund provides new incentives to K-12 educational facilities to proceed with long-overdue upgrades. Pending infrastructure legislation has also been proposed that would extend these incentives from these schools to work — government and healthcare facilities, as well as corporate offices.
Legislation including the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund and the American Rescue Fund provides new incentives to K-12 educational facilities to proceed with long-overdue upgrades. Pending infrastructure legislation has also been proposed that would extend these incentives from these schools to work — government and healthcare facilities, as well as corporate offices.
And for all of these facilities, duct sealing is proven to establish proper airflow and ventilation to create an indoor environment with clean and healthy air. To see how leaking supply and return ducts promote cross-contamination and impact dilution, click here to download our latest Technical Brief, Duct Sealing’s Impact on the SARS CoV-2 Virus.