Healthy Indoors Magazine - USA Edition

24 | Januar/February 2022 Cover Story Continued from previous page particular, the IICRC and Allison Brown did a fantastic job with their analysis of U.S. federal, state, and local policies and regula- tions aimed at mold remediation and assessments. Devika Tandon of Perkins & Will also make us think about the grocery store in a new way to bridge health gaps. And while you're in there, check out Alison Savage on the framework being developed to protect commercial building occupants from wildfire smoke. • Workshops: The conference workshops were interesting in that they were very specific and not based on materials used before in other events. Perhaps to extend the plenary talk of Lidia Morawska that we need enforceable IAQ standards, one of the workshops was designed to solicit discussion on whether we need new IEQ guidelines around the globe considering COVID-19. The workshop was based on the work done by ISIAQ committees STC34 and STC13, and the dis- cussion is expected to be summarized into a consensus statement. There were also workshops on an in-depth look at the data gathered by Hayward Score; the research that established the foundation for standards, certifications, and training protocols in the cleaning and disaster industries; using low-cost sensors to manage IEQ in low-resource residential housing; resetting expectations for a sustainable post-pandemic recovery with healthy and efficient buildings; ventilation and practical engineer- ing controls to reduce risk of COVID-19; bioaerosols and build- ing science; and advances in indoor monitoring technologies. • Posters: We are always asking where all the young people are at, and the poster sessions answered that question. The industry's future is in good hands. Students joined professionals and researchers from all over the world made the most of their three minutes by show- ing attendees what made their research and case studies really tick. Some of the amazing poster topics included the feasibility of wearable devices in detecting the alertness of office workers; local thermal sensation under radiant cooling systems; analysis of building age and room size on carbon dioxide levels in university classrooms; need for continuous or reoccurring ventilation verifi- cation; identification of sources of air leakage in homes impacted by smoke from planned biomass burns; effect of limited space air stability on the transport characteristic of coughed droplets; evalu- ation of the filtration efficiency and the facial inhalation resistance of various commercial masks; VOCs in indoor sports facilities; IAQ measurement of WELL certified buildings; and so much more. (The poster sessions also included one student who was the youngest ever presenter at a Healthy Buildings Conference and who is my daughter. Congratulations to Eliza Marcy. She presented her high school Capstone research project on sustainable and healthy housing. Special thanks to session chair, Dr. Juan Maestre, who helped her get through it.) What's Next You can still watch the event in the comfort of your home or office. Each event session was recorded and is still available as a full conference purchase at https://hb2021-america.org/ until March 18. The cost for atten- dance to the Healthy Buildings Conference remains the same on the website: $370 for CIRI and ISIAQ members ($220 for student members) and $505 for nonmembers ($250 for student non-members). No word yet on what happens to the materials after March 18, or if there are plans to repackage the event at new prices. In the past, ISIAQ has posted the videos on their website from plenary speaker sessions for free. In the meantime, ISIAQ is promoting their Indoor Air 2022 conference, "Healthy People in Healthy Indoor En- vironments," in June 12-16 in Kuopio, Finland. You can get more information on the program, speakers, and registra- tion at https://indoorair2022.org/. The next Healthy Build- ings conferences are set for 2023 in Asia and Europe.

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