CO2-based Ventilation Control in Education Facilities

3.15.2022 // Amphenol Advanced Sensors

The global COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a sharp focus on measuring indoor air quality in businesses and schools. However, the need to measure air quality in schools has been documented for years. This white paper from Amphenol Advanced Sensors/Telaire details the health and financial benefits of using today’s sensor technology to measure indoor air quality, with statistics to prove how the investment in measurement today can pay dividends in the future:

Improper ventilation can have a negative impact on student health and performance, increases the risk from litigation, and increases energy usage. CO2-based ventilation control (also called demand controlled ventilation or DCV) is the solution. This building control strategy optimizes the outside air intake based on measured ventilation rates. Optimum means the building will not be over- or under-ventilated.

[...] How does school administration respond to an illness blamed on poor indoor air quality if there is no means of measuring ventilation in the building? Performing an indoor air quality (IAQ) study weeks after the reported incident does little to show compliance. However, using CO2-based ventilation control gives administrators a way of proving that ventilation codes and standards were being met during the time in question.

Beyond the financial benefits of energy savings and reduced absenteeism, the white paper also details the safety and compliance benefits of indoor air quality monitoring – benefits that are bound to last well beyond the current pandemic.

Read the full white paper on amphenol-sensors.com