Clean Air Building Certificate

Space Type: NYC-School
Establishment Name: P.S. X017, Academy of Public Relations, South Bronx Academy for Applied Media, Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School Junior High Intermediate Middle
Address: 778 Forest Avenue, Melrose South-Mott Haven North, 10456
City: New York
State / Province: NY
Country: USA
Date: 2/10/2023
Data Source: Researcher
Performed by: Researcher
Company Name Address Contact:
Requirement Source: Local Building Code

Technology: HVAC, UnitVentilator, SupplyFan, ExhaustFan
Min ACH: Max ACH: Avg ACH: eACH:
Filter MERV:
Percent Outside Air:
ON and Ventilates Entire Indoor Area: Yes
Vent Clearance min 6 ft: Yes
No of Rooms: 104 sqft: 93780 cuft: 937800 No of Buildings: 4

Comments: Classrooms using Only Windows 4 5% Classrooms using Other Ventilation 80 95%. Total Classrooms 84. Opening date 1975. No of schools 4. Students 1186 Staff 404. Total occupancy 1590. Additional Rooms Based on staff minus students 5% get a room 20 Total rooms 104. Mechanical Ventilation. Infections reported in dataset. Source https://github.com/nypublicradio/school-ventilation-2021 and Article: https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-schools-bought-weaker-air-purifiers-now-underventilated-campuses-are-more-prone-covid-cases.

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.