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COVID-19 Ventilation Survey

This survey is for everyone everywhere.

Since mid-2020 when it was disclosed that COVID-19 is airborne, the guidance has been to increase ventilation inside public spaces. However, do people know what increasing ventilation means and have they taken steps to properly increase ventilation. This survey attempts to answer these and other ventilation related questions. We are conducting this COVID-19 ventilation survey as part of our research efforts. The goal of this research is to help facility managers and others to improve their building airborne contagion mitigation plans and learn from others across various industries.

When dealing with airborne contagions like COVID-19 inside indoor spaces, the air must be exchanged at a certain rate per hour. This is called ACH and it is the Air Changes per Hour in a room. Both the CDC and WHO identified the ACH levels needed when there are airborne contagions in a room. For example, on Hawaiian Airlines A330 flights to and from Hawaii and JFK, the passenger entertainment screen clearly shows that the cabin air is exchanged every 3 minutes and that the HEPA filters remove 99.99% of bacteria and viruses. The exchange of every 3 minutes is 20 ACH. The ventilation is always on at the gate, tarmac, taxi, runway, in flight, and not controlled by the passengers.

All entries are optional except for the First Name entry, where you can just enter Anonymous.

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Please visit: COVID-19 Ventilation FAQ

We encourage you to forward this survey to others especially who may benefit or have more information that can support this research. Once again this survey is for everyone everywhere.

Thank You,
Walt


All entries are optional except for the first name.

You can fill out this survey as many times as you like for any facility you visit no matter how brief, maintain, manage, own, or have facility data to share.

Note: If you are prevented from taking this survey or you do not care about ventilation, jump to the end and please let us know the reason in the Overall Comments at the end of the survey.

Your Contact Information

First Name (Required, it's okay to enter Anonymous)
Last Name
E-mail Address

Note: NA is Not Applicable or No Answer

Some Questions About You

Your Age

Education Level

Marital Status




Start with your main facility for example school, work, clubhouse. Then fill out a survey for each facility that you visit, manage, own, or have data to share. If you submit surveys for multiple facilities, once you submit the main facility survey just hit the back button and make the changes for each facility. That will speed up the survey entries because the old values may still be available.

Building Name and Location

Website (company, school, restaurant, etc)
Building Name (the Company, the School, the Restaurant, etc)
Address 1
Address 2
City / Town
State / Province
Zip Code Country

Survey Time Frame the information entered can be old information

Select Your Role

if Other selected

Select Facility Type

if Other selected

Questions

1. Are you aware of the term Air Changes Per Hour (ACH)?
Yes No

2. Are you aware that for rooms with airborne contagions the CDC minimum ACH is 12?
Yes No

3. Are you aware that for rooms with airborne contagions the WHO minimum ACH is 24?
Yes No

4. Do you know the ACH for each room in your facility?
Yes No - if Yes Highest ACH Lowest ACH Average ACH

5. Did an HVAC contractor generate balance reports and provide the ACH for each room?
Yes No Don't Know

6. Do you know that you can measure the ACH in each room using a tool that costs less than $30 dollars?
Yes No

7. Did an HVAC or other vendor make changes to the HVAC system or install other systems?
Yes No Don't Know

If Yes above, select all that apply:

Yes No Don't Know - Installed HVAC Induct UV lights
Yes No Don't Know - Installed HVAC Larger Fans
Yes No Don't Know - Modified HVAC Ducts
Yes No Don't Know - Installed New HVAC system
Yes No Don't Know - Installed Exhaust Fans
Yes No Don't Know - Installed In Room Unit Ventilators
Yes No Don't Know - Installed Ceiling Level UV-C Systems
Yes No Don't Know - Installed FAR UV-222 Systems
Yes No Don't Know - Installed Room Sanitizers
Yes No Don't Know - Installed Photocatalytic Oxidizer or Ionizer (PCO) Systems

If Yes what else did they do?

8. Are you aware that UV lights installed in the HVAC system do not increase the ACH in the actual space, they only keep the ducts clean and help the existing filters?
Yes No

9. Are you aware of the CDC suggestion to use ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) to increase room ventilation?
Yes No

10. Does the facility have ceiling level UV-C systems?
Yes No Don't Know

If possible please provide UV-C vendor contact:

11. Does the facility have FAR UV-222 systems?
Yes No Don't Know

If possible please provide FAR UV-222 vendor contact:

12. Have you or the facility manager contacted any vendors that install ceiling level UV-C and or FAR UV-222 systems?
Yes No Don't Know

If possible please provide UV systems installer contact:

13. Do you or the facility manager have plans to upgrade the ventilation in the facility and if so what is the approach (provide comments at the end)?
Yes No Don't Know

14. Have you or the facility manager been contacted by vendors to upgrade the facility ventilation (UV, Room Sanitizers, PCO, & HVAC systems)?
Yes No Don't Know

If possible please provide upgrade vendors contact:

15. As a facility manager have you posted in plain sight to facility users the ACH level in the facility?
Yes No

16. As a facility user have you seen in plain sight the ACH level in the facility?
Yes No

17. Can you hear the facility ventilation operating?
Yes No

18. Can you feel the facility ventilation air movement in a normal location away from the vents?
Yes No

19. Does the air seem fresh?
Yes No

20. Can you see air streamers on the facility vents and are they moving?
Yes No No Need Facility Meets CDC Ventilation Guidelines

21. Have you attempted to contact the facility to alert them to possible ventilation issues?
Yes No No Need to Contact Facility

22. If you contaced the facility about ventilation did they respond?
Yes No No Need to Contact Facility



Note: NA is Not Applicable or No Answer

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Overall Comments. Also, if you selected Other above please provide more information.




              

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