Celebrating Clean Air Day with our Partners on June 8th
The TCI and Nerva team wish to recognize Cleaner Air for Schools Partners who have taken a leadership role in the Province enhancing the quality of air in classrooms creating healthier, safer more sustainable places to teach and learn. We would like to recognize the facilities teams for their tireless efforts to keep learning and teaching front and centre during the pandemic while meeting the Board’s strategic efforts during such trying times.
A little background on Cleaner Air for Schools
The Cleaner Air for Schools Program, a combination of two award-winning technologies, REME LED and Duct Sealing that align with the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE’s) recommendations and help increase ventilation, improve the flow of fresh air, while also destroying airborne viruses and surface bacteria.
Many school boards in Ontario are installing ‘Aerosolized Duct Sealing’ across their portfolio of school sites to eliminate air leakage from ductwork. This will result in better HVAC efficiency, increased ventilation and improved filtration and comfort for occupants. In essence, this technology ensures that all of the air supplied and returned through ventilation systems is delivered to the spaces that students and staff occupy, rather than leaking out into ceilings and mechanical spaces which do not require ventilation. While the focus has been on increasing air volume, during our air audit measurement process we determine whether energy savings and GHG reductions can be harvested now or in the future.
CAFS partners experience an average increase in airflow of 39% in Ontario including schools, colleges and universities. Once an air audit is completed Nerva helps customers determine which path to take: increase airflow or harvest energy and carbon reduction savings. Coincidentally we recently completed a college that experienced 39% reduction in GHG emissions.
The Cleaner Air for Schools Program also includes the REME-LED Active Air Purification system designed to reduce aerosolized bacteria and viruses and those on surfaces by 99.9%.