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AIVC Webinar – New standards, guidelines or regulations for ventilation due to COVID-19
Webevent/virtual conference
AIVC Webinar – New standards, guidelines or regulations for ventilation due to COVID-19
12 February 2024
Online
This webinar is organised with the support of the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre and facilitated by INIVE.
Details of the conference
12 February 2024, 15:00 - 16:30 CET
Online
Organiser:
AIVC
There have worldwide been many activities during and after the COVID-19 pandemic to develop guidelines, standards, or new regulations to decrease the risk of cross contamination in the indoor environment. Especially after it had been documented that ventilation plays a significant role in decreasing spreading, several organizations working with ventilation and the indoor environment have been active in leading research and distributing information.
The present webinar includes presentations of new guidelines, standards, or regulations from North America, Europe and Asia.
Participation to the webinar is FREE but requires you to REGISTER for the event
15:00
Welcome & Introduction
Bjarne W. Olesen
(Prof. at ICIEE, Technical University of Denmark, DK)
15:05
ASHRAE standard 241-2023 Control of Infectious Aerosols
William P. Bahnfleth
(Prof. of Architectural Engineering, the Pennsylvania State University, USA)
15:17
Revision of European standard EN 16798-1: Ventilation and air cleaning in reducing airborne transmission
Jarek Kurnitski
(REHVA Technology and Research Committee, EE)
15:29
India task force on Covid guidelines
Jyotirmay Mathur
(Prof. in Mechanical Engineering and Centre for Energy and Environment, MNIT Jaipur, IN)
15:41
An overview of the revision of Singapore Standards (SS553 and SS554) for control of infectious aerosols in buildings
Chandra Sekhar
(Prof. Department of the Built Environment College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, SG)
15:53
A new system adopted by Tokyo to address the threat of infectious diseases
Shin-Ichi Tanabe
(Prof., Ph.D Department of Architecture, Waseda University, JP)
16:00
Questions and answers
16:30