Clean Air Building Certificate

Space Type: BOS-School
Establishment Name: UP Academy Dorchester
Address: address
City: Boston
State / Province: MA
Country: USA
Date: 03/21/2021
Data Source: School District
Performed by: External Company
Company Name Address Contact: Cashins & Associates, Inc. 599 North Ave #8, Wakefield, MA 01880
Requirement Source: Boston School 3 ACH guideline

Technology: Univent Central HVAC
Min ACH: 3.6 Max ACH: 7.6 Avg ACH: 5.6 eACH: 0
Filter MERV:
Percent Outside Air: 71.5
ON and Ventilates Entire Indoor Area: Yes
Vent Clearance min 6 ft: Yes
No of Rooms: 6 sqft: 704 cuft: 7040 No of Buildings: 1

Comments: Source Boston School District March 18, 2021. https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/Page/8463 . https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bzam7XeMQDjjv7Og_86PS41K78hBEOfT/view . assumed 10ft ceiling. wACH windows provided in dataset. Calculated wACH from measured CFM rates in dataset do not match. Differences due to errors. Did not use calculated wACH.

Room 108. % Outside air 80. Calculated air volume (cfm) outside 465. Calculated air volume (cfm) return 115. Combined air volume (cfm) 580. ACH outside 4.3. ACH merv filter return air 1.1. ACH total 5.4. ACH Copy paste check (uses total or outside) 4.3.

Room 205. % Outside air 77. Calculated air volume (cfm) outside 610. Calculated air volume (cfm) return 185. Combined air volume (cfm) 790. ACH outside 4.7. ACH merv filter return air 1.4. ACH total 6.1. ACH Copy paste check (uses total or outside) 4.7.

Room 212. % Outside air 78. Calculated air volume (cfm) outside 800. Calculated air volume (cfm) return 220. Combined air volume (cfm) 1020. ACH outside 6.0. ACH merv filter return air 1.6. ACH total 7.6. ACH Copy paste check (uses total or outside) 6.

Room 312. % Outside air 74. Calculated air volume (cfm) outside 590. Calculated air volume (cfm) return 210. Combined air volume (cfm) 800. ACH outside 4.4. ACH merv filter return air 1.6. ACH total 6.0. ACH Copy paste check (uses total or outside) 4.4.

Room 309. % Outside air 71. Calculated air volume (cfm) outside 500. Calculated air volume (cfm) return 200. Combined air volume (cfm) 700. ACH outside 3.7. ACH merv filter return air 1.5. ACH total 5.2. ACH Copy paste check (uses total or outside) 3.7.

Room 116. % Outside air 63. Calculated air volume (cfm) outside 440. Calculated air volume (cfm) return 260. Combined air volume (cfm) 700. ACH outside 3.8. ACH merv filter return air 2.2. ACH total 6.0. ACH Copy paste check (uses total or outside) 3.8.

In the wake of the COVID-19 disaster many are calling for a paradigm shift in how citizens and government officials think about the quality of the air we breathe indoors. This Clean Air Certificate lets you know that those who operate this building are thinking about the air that we breathe in this building. They have disclosed the ventilation performance of this building so that we all become educated and we never have another indoor infection disaster again.