What Are the Health Effects of Air Conditioning?
In response to global warming, human beings have been forced to adapt in response to the long-term warming trend. Long-term warming is concomitant with severe weather events such as heatwaves, cold spells, extreme rainfalls, or storms. One adaptation to extreme heat events is the installation of air conditioning (along with heating and ventilation) in homes […]
Returning for spring semester – UGA Today
Vaccines, face masks strongly encouraged for faculty, staff and students Faculty, staff and students are returning to campus at a time when cases of COVID are once again on the rise in the local community, state, nation and world. The Omicron variant is highly transmissible, rapidly overtaking the Delta variant as the dominant strain of […]
St. John Properties Founder Edward St. John On Sustainable Philosophy – Commercial Observer
Baltimore-based St. John Properties, one of the mid-Atlantic region’s largest privately held commercial real estate firms, has beefed up its sustainability efforts at all of its properties. Edward St. John, founder and chairman of St. John Properties — which just celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021 — noted that the company prefers to initiate portfolio-wide […]
Kiggins Theatre screens classic film that takes on Hollywood
It’s still hard to know how to feel about indoor entertainment, indoor gatherings, indoor air. Everyone’s pandemic-risk calculations are different. Just before Christmas, I attended the phenomenal “Beyond Van Gogh” immersive experience, and subsequently bought surprise tickets for my family. Score! The perfect experience-not-thing holiday gift. Omicron arrived with a thud about two seconds later, […]
Omicron has arrived, here’s how to prepare for a COVID-19 case in the home
This time two years ago, many Australians were organising their bushfire go-bag; a kit of emergency items set aside to ensure families were able to evacuate safely at a moments notice. We’re now facing a different disaster: a growing COVID-19 outbreak that has seen cases around the country skyrocket to previously unfathomable numbers. And like bushfires, […]
Penn State continuing to monitor indoor air ventilation on campus
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As a new semester begins and students return to Penn State’s campuses, the Office of Physical Plant (OPP) continues its University-wide effort to manage ventilation throughout campus facilities and closely monitor indoor air ventilation recommendations related to COVID-19 and its many variants, including omicron. The health and safety of the University community is paramount, […]
How project management can help reduce the impact of climate change
As modern societies are increasingly becoming conscious of climate change, businesses, both big and small, are trying to reduce the greater impact it has on the environment. In order to tackle global warming, it only makes sense for those with an environmental conscience to adopt planet-friendly practices in the office, as well as at home. […]
What Are the Health Effects of Mold in Your House?
Mold is the colloquial term used to describe fungi that can be found inside. Fungi comprise a form of organic pollutant, the fungal infestation is visiting detectable. The presence of mold in buildings has been attributed to increased indoor humidity, coupled with the increasing trend towards using biologically based construction materials that can easily support […]
This non-toxic air purifier fights viruses, allergies, more
In through your nose and out through your mouth, Post readers. Taking a deep breath is supposed to be a great way to relax, but only if the air you are breathing is clean and free of pollutants. With the onset of seasonal allergies, flu season and of course, the very contagious new Omicron […]
Air Filter with `Catch and Kill` Technology Eliminates Airborne Viruses, Including COVID-19 Variants – COVID-19
Image: Air Filter with `Catch and Kill` Technology (Photo courtesy of Integrated Viral Protection, LLC) The only air filter in the world proven to “catch and kill” airborne COVID-19, Anthrax spores, bacteria, allergens, and other asthma triggers was launched at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Integrated Viral Protection, LLC (Houston, TX, USA) demonstrated its […]