Webinar Link for August 11th Live Presentation

^^ Link above will take you to the live webinar on the day of the event

As most of you are aware, ordinarily we take the summer months off from having meetings. However, given the circumstances and the vast knowledge our members are willing to share with all of us, we would like to continue educating our community on COVID-19 related topics through a few virtual presentations.

Please join for our third 1 hour, Virtual – Lunch and Learn (via Microsoft Teams) with expert Jim Newman to help you better prepare and protect your facility while reopening amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no limit on the number of attendees for this virtual presentation, so please feel free to share this invite/registration link with anyone interested (i.e. our friends at BOMA, SMSHE, ASPE, SMACNA, ESD, etc).

Please save the date below for the final COVID-19 presentation; a separate registration link will be sent out following this presentation.

Summer “Virtual” Presentations Sponsored by ASHRAE

• August 25 – 12-1pm: Advanced Room Air Distribution Strategies for Effective Airborne Infection Control presented by Chandra Sekhar

Meeting Topic:

The air conditioning system, as well as people and processes, contribute to space contamination. Proper design, and proper operating and maintenance procedures, can minimize IAQ problems while conserving energy, improving morale and contributing to higher productivity.

Air Handling Units (AHUs) are the nexus of power, performance and bio-load in buildings. Proper disinfecting, removal and/or controlling the growth and spread of biofilm can greatly reduce the microbial load. To keep air handling systems and the buildings they serve sanitary, we look to various air filtration, cleaning and disinfecting systems. The most common include HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) media filtration, GUV (Germicidal Ultra-Violet) purification and Bi-Polar Ionization (BPI). Each has pros and cons.

Employees and tenants must be aware of - and educated about - safety procedures and expectations. Swift, proper implementation of effective strategies will help people feel safer and more secure as we venture into the new, or “now” normal.

Speaker Biography:

Jim Newman

Owner/Managing Partner

Newman Consulting Group. LLC

jimn@newmanconsultinggroup.us

https://newmanconsultinggroup.us

Jim has been an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer since 2010 and was awarded an ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award in 2012 and again in 2013. He helped write ASHRAE's 2008 Energy Position Document, is a Past Vice-Chair of the Technical Committee (TC) on Industrial Air Conditioning, and is currently a corresponding member of several TCs. He is Co-Chair of the IAQ subcommittee of the TC writing the new chapter on Climate Change for the 2021 Fundamentals Handbook.

Active in USGBC, BOMA, AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE), and the ULI Commercial Real Estate and Technology Committee, Jim is a Past Chair of the Detroit BOMA Chapter’s Committee on Sustainability and a trainer for the BOMA High Performing Building Certification.

Jim speaks about Green and Sustainable topics on radio and TV, and gives seminars world-wide to both technical and non-technical organizations on these and other topics related to the building industry. He has received awards from numerous organizations and has been published in many magazines and technical journals.

Jim earned a BSME from Tufts University, Boston, MA, and continued his education for an MBA at the University of Detroit and Wayne State University.