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Many major school ventilation upgrades won’t be ready by September. Here’s what you need to know about the precautions in place

Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/08/09/many-school-ventilation-upgrades-wont-be-ready-by-september-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-other-enormously-important-precautions-in-place.html It’s a critical tool to keep kids and teachers safe : good ventilation . But as in – person learning returns , some ventilation upgrades funded through a federal – provincial cost sharing program will not be ready in time for September with projected completion dates spanning into next year . View full […]

August 13, 2021 by

Flying Taxi Company Joby Aviation Goes Public While Touting Itself as ‘Uber of the Air’

Source: https://gizmodo.com/flying-taxi-company-joby-aviation-goes-public-while-tou-1847471374 Joby Aviation made its debut Wednesday as a publicly trade company on the New York Stock Exchange surging over 25% after opening at a price of $10.62. Joby is currently promising air taxi service for the public by 2024, an ambitious plan for its electric vertical-take-off and landing vehicles, known as eVTOL. What […]

August 12, 2021 by

The pandemic has made the connection between indoor air quality and human health clearer than ever

Source: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientist-says-cleaning-indoor-air-could-make-us-healthier-and-smarter Joseph Allen runs a major public health research project at Harvard University, probing how indoor air quality affects human health and cognition. He consults with companies on ventilation and air filtration, and during the pandemic he became a prominent voice on public health, writing dozens of op-eds criticizing early guidance from health authorities […]

August 7, 2021 by

Ontario Further Improving School Ventilation

Source: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1000652/ontario-further-improving-school-ventilation The Ontario government announced additional funding of $25 million to further improve ventilation in schools as students return for in-person learning this fall. This additional funding, which brings the net new investments in school ventilation to $600 million, will ensure that all occupied classrooms, gyms, libraries and other instructional spaces without mechanical ventilation […]

August 4, 2021 by

Plasma electrolysers will cut the cost of green hydrogen by a factor of three

Source: https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/-our-plasma-electrolysers-will-cut-the-cost-of-green-hydrogen-by-a-factor-of-three-/2-1-1032895 An Australian start-up says it has invented a new super-efficient type of electrolyser that uses plasma, the fourth state of matter, to reduce the cost of green hydrogen by a factor of three.Melbourne-based Hydrogen Systems Australia (HSA) says that today’s PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolysers produce hydrogen at a levelised cost of about […]

June 30, 2021 by

Doctors call for Canada to adopt airborne transmission protocols for COVID-19

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/doctors-call-for-canada-to-adopt-airborne-transmission-protocols-for-covid-19-1.5464013 TORONTO — A group of doctors and health-care providers are calling on public health organizations in Canada to acknowledge airborne spread of COVID-19 and adjust restrictions accordingly.–The five doctors published a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) emphasizing that the spread of SARS-CoV-2 has an airborne component, something that’s been a […]

June 9, 2021 by

Cleaning indoor air may prevent COVID-19’s spread. But it’s harder than it looks

Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-air-spread-indoor-clean-ventilation-filtration As restaurants, bars, businesses and schools reopen and mask requirements drop for the fully vaccinated, some people are asking how to bring in customers and students while still preventing COVID-19 infections from spreading. Some scientists and engineers are doing research that may help clear the air, making it safer for everyone to breathe.Though […]

May 18, 2021 by

Droplets vs Aerosols: What’s More Important in COVID-19 Spread?

Source: https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/92564 Last week the CDC changed its guidance about the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, recognizing airborne spread as a key mode of infection. The new guidance acknowledges that inhalation of aerosols — which are tiny, lightweight viral particles that can float and linger in the air for extended periods of time — is one way […]

May 13, 2021 by

Experts say more measures needed to address COVID-19 aerosol transmission

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7855626/experts-more-measures-covid-19-aerosol-transmission/ More than a year into the novel coronavirus pandemic, Canadian experts say changes are needed to address the indoor transmission of COVID-19 aerosols, tiny particles or droplets that can stay in the air.They say the current infection control protocols in place don’t adequately help to curb the airborne transmission of COVID-19 and that […]

May 12, 2021 by

Droplet, aerosol, airborne: The confusion over how COVID-19 spreads

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/7838988/droplet-aerosol-airborne-how-covid-19-spreads/ Conflicting messages from public health authorities and experts have fuelled a great deal of confusion and debate over COVID-19, particularly regarding its transmission.The terms “droplet,” “aerosol” and “airborne” are used when trying to explain how viruses are spread.For more than a year, health officials and experts have said COVID-19, a respiratory virus, is […]

May 6, 2021 by

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