Sufficient air filtration for airborne viruses should be a building standard. And a mandatory upgrade for all corporate and rental properties.
It's like having to remove asbestos or mould remediation requirements. Only it's adding in filtration to deal with airborne viruses which should be much easier and cheaper to fix. Just because the toxin is invisible, doesn't mean it should not be dealt with effectively and standards raised to account for it. #standards#building#covid#healthandsafety
I'm looking for folks who have some expertise in #construction. I'm writing a series on #building in the time of #ClimateChange and looking at ways buildings can be safer as the weather gets weirder, and products or approaches that lower the overall carbon footprint of buildings who would be interested in an interview. It would be 15-20 minutes via phone or Zoom, one day this week. Can anyone here help?
#Retrofitting and #Building upgrades are the easiest way to align three societal objectives: it can help people save money, it can help safe the environment and its a nice way of "not giving it to #Putin".
I want to share the story of my dad, who has spent the past 20 years optimizing my family home to produce more energy than it consumes.
He is an #engineer, so this comes much more natural to him as me being an #economist, but I think this story is an #inspiration.
Over six years after the #GrenfellTowerfire the remediation of faulty & dangerous #building materials remains desperately slow, with building contractors dragging their feet, and Govt. slow to act.
The interesting thing about this building is that, essentially, it's just a large box -- but it is the little things, the details throughout, that prevent it from being so.
Built in 1876, the Columbia County Courthouse exhibits a craftsmanship that today's minimalist, "efficient" structures often lack.