Seminar 3 -- Wildfires and Their Effect on Building Occupant Health PDF

2024 ASHRAE Annual Conference

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The 2023 wildfires illustrated how vulnerable our buildings are from contamination, with life safety being a major concern. Are there new guidelines, codes and standards being developed for design engineers and facility operators to follow in order to safeguard their facilities and minimize risk? Is there data available how these buildings operated and the issues the wildfires caused?

1. Wildfire-Resilient Mechanical Ventilation Systems for Single-Detached Homes in Cities of Western Canada
   Lexuan Zhong, PhD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
2. How Can Filtration and ASHRAE Guidelines Provide Guidance to Protect Building Occupants from Effects of Wildfires
   Kathleen Owen, Owen Air Filtration Consulting, Cary, NC
3. You Didn’t Need to Wait until the Wildfire Reached Your Air Intakes! Air Monitoring Is Here
   Dinesh Wadhwani, ThinkLite, Natick, MA