COVID-19

Technical Resources:

• Building operational practices recommended: https://msystems.asm.org/content/5/2/e00245-20/article-info

 

• • Biology in the Built Environment Center (BioBE) Research Publications: https://biobe.uoregon.edu/publications/#.XrrQcRNKglI
  • SARS-CoV-2 buildings / environmental testing services: https://biobe.uoregon.edu/sars-cov-2-testing-service/#.XrodKBNKglL

• ASHRAE COVID-19 Preparedness Resources: https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/resources   

• CDC Coronavirus Resources: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/index.html  

• WHO Coronavirus Advice for Public: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public 

• AIHA Coronavirus Resource Center: https://www.aiha.org/public-resources/consumer-resources/coronavirus_outbreak_resources  

• ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force for Schools and Universities: https://www.ashrae.org/file%20library/technical%20resources/covid-19/ashrae-reopening-schools.pdf  

 

• MicroBEnet (Microbiology of the Built Environment Network): http://microbe.net/2020/05/22/lives-livelihoods-the-unseen-hope-to-reopen  

Resources for Districts

• Healthy Schools - Cleaning, Disinfecting, Healthy Air Quality, Scheduling and Social Distancing. A Resource for School Facility and Maintenance Departments: http://www.cashnet.org/uncategorized/7032/ 
• Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) COVID Whitepaper: https://chps.net/sites/default/files/file_attach/CHPS_COVID-19_Whitepaper_June2020.pdf  
• American Institute of Architects Reopening Safer Schools: http://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/Reopening_America__Strategies_for_Safer_Schools_June_2020.pdf   
• Return to School Roadmap: https://returntoschoolroadmap.org 

 

School District Responses to COVID

• Oregon Department of Ed Recommendations: https://www.oregon.gov/ode/students-and-family/healthsafety/Documents/Ready%20Schools%20Safe%20Learners%202020-21%20Guidance.pdf   
• Bend-LaPine Schools: https://www.bend.k12.or.us/application/files/3915/9363/4922/July_1_Letter_to_Fams_final.pdf  
• Portland Public Schools: https://www.pps.net/fall2020  
• Beaverton School District: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/beaverton-school-district-releases-two-back-to-school-options-for-fall/283-e6766cab-05aa-4f82-8e91-c601e1d5a49c  
• Los Angeles County: https://www.lacoe.edu/Home/School-Reopening  

 

Other media to help tell the story

• Dutch News
  • https://fd.nl/futures/1345241/gaat-de-kantoorairco-corona-verspreiden
• WIRED
  • https://www.wired.com/story/3-ways-scientists-think-we-could-de-germ-a-covid-19-world/
• BBC
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqWegUIrZ1w (BBC on YouTube)
  • https://vimeo.com/422948641 (BBC on Vimeo)
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52804795 (BBC web story)
• MicroBEnet
  • http://microbe.net/2020/05/22/lives-livelihoods-the-unseen-hope-to-reopen/
• Around the O, OHSU partnership:
  • https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-ohsu-study-new-coronavirus-hospital-setting?utm_source=ato05-20-20
• https://www.eater.com/21262619/is-it-safe-to-eat-out-coronavirus-restaurant-safety-risks-covid-19
• https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/7/21249496/building-ventilation-design-health-humidity-cost
• The good the bad the microbiome:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG3Ck_W0_Qc&feature=youtu.be
• The Conversation:
  • https://theconversation.com/buildings-have-their-own-microbiomes-were-striving-to-make-them-healthy-places-134975
  • Fast Company reprint: https://www.fastcompany.com/90493034/how-architects-can-stop-covid-19-from-being-transmitted-indoors
• CBS This Morning
  • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-study-six-feet-spread-restaurants-reopen/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDau_Hk7dLw (CBS on Youtube visual with audio)
• IHBE Aerosol Visualizations:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIfr2F5QKo8 (IHBE aerosol visualizations on YouTube)
  • https://vimeo.com/417486851 (IHBE aerosol visualizations on Vimeo)
• Boston 25 News:
  • https://www.boston25news.com/news/health/research-shows-airflow-needed-prevent-spread-covid-19-businesses-restaurants/UNIY4Z6ERFCDBO3NVSVLATXCDU/
• ABC News GMA:
  • https://abcnews.go.com/Health/study-coronavirus-air-eyes-chinese-restaurant/story?id=70443864
  • https://abc7news.com/does-warmer-weather-slow-coronavirus/6171721/
• Architect Magazine:
  • https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/reducing-covid-19-transmission-in-the-built-environment_o
• Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/03/17/hospital-design-coronavirus/ 
• Huffington Post
  • https://www.huffpost.com/entry/home-clean-disinfect-surfaces-coronavirus_l_5e739dc7c5b6eab77943eea4