Clean Air Building Certificate

Space Type: NYC-School
Establishment Name: P.S. 245 Elementary
Address: 249 East 17th Street, Flatbush, 11230
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: Windows , 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: 20 sqft: 17775 cuft: 177750 No of Buildings: 1

Comments: Classrooms using Only Windows 14 78% Classrooms using Other Ventilation 4 22%. Total Classrooms 18. Opening date 1999. No of schools 1. Students 259 Staff 35. Total occupancy 294. Additional Rooms Based on staff minus students 5% get a room 2 Total rooms 20. Windows 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.