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"Later this week the government will receive the report of the year-long
independent inquiry into its handling of the COVID pandemic.
Among the issues it will have to contend with is air quality, in particular the
air quality in high occupancy public buildings such as schools, aged-care
facilities, shops, pubs and clubs.
Many already have high quality air. High-fitration air conditioning (so-called
mechanical ventilation) is standard in offices, hospitals and shopping centres.
But not in schools. Almost all of our schools (98% in NSW) use windows.
In Australia’s national construction code, this is called “natural ventilation”
and it is allowed so long as the window, opening or door has a ventilating area
of not less than 5% of the floor area, a requirement research suggests is
insufficient."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
