Schools
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Destructive TikTok challenge creating work for school cleaners
The "devious licks" trend, wherein students vandalize school washrooms, is placing a greater strain on cleaning staff.
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Research informs circadian-effective lighting in schools and hospitals
The recommended light levels in K-12 classrooms and for general (non-exam) lighting in hospital patient rooms are generally too low for daytime circadian stimulation.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How schools are boosting air quality measures
The report found that schools have prioritized ventilation and filtration to reduce the transmission of the virus.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Promoting better hand & surface hygiene in schools
Proper hand hygiene training, heightened cleaning, and access to hygiene products are essential to keeping schools safe.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Safety concerns abound as students head back to school
Assessing health, safety, and infection control risks of going back to school against the value of physical classes is a tricky balance.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Feared flu-COVID “twindemic” not materializing
There were prominent fears that COVID-19 and flu could launch a twin global assault. Thankfully, that does not appear to be materializing.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How will campuses change because of COVID-19?
Colleges and universities are questioning how much space will be needed in the future campus, how it will be operated, and how to make our built environment more healthy, sustainable and resilient.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Surveillance testing in schools during COVID-19
As classes resume in person, one protocol being discussed in Ontario is the deployment of surveillance technology testing to mitigate pandemic risk.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Carbon pricing bankrolls school energy retrofits
Promised allocations from the federal Climate Action Incentive Fund have been released for building envelope, lighting and HVAC system improvements.
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New course guides design for zero-energy schools
Leading industry organizations have developed a new e-learning course on how to achieve cost-effective advanced levels of energy savings in schools.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
ASHRAE releases HVAC guide for reopening schools
A new 41-page guide from ASHRAE provides guidance on the operation of HVAC systems as schools prepare to reopen in the fall.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
ACI releases COVID-19 toolkit for businesses
ACI has released Healthy Returns, a toolkit focused on supporting the reopening process for businesses and offices following the COVID-9 pandemic.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Cleaning schools in the age of COVID-19
Schools have the duty to prevent and control infectious diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic makes the process of cleaning schools even more imperative.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Education workers reach tentative agreement
The tentative agreement, which must still be ratified by CUPE members in 109 bargaining units, restores many of the cuts made to education services earlier this year.
REMI Network
Guide helps K-12 schools achieve zero energy
A new ASHRAE resource helps owners, contractors, consulting engineers and administrators of K-12 school buildings achieve advanced levels of energy savings.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario schools to receive energy efficiency upgrades
The Ontario government is investing $200 million to provide energy efficiency upgrades at nearly 600 schools across the province.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Few wash hands properly in germy schools
When educating children and young adults about good hand hygiene practices, it’s important to implement the right handwashing practices.
