This year, Denver Public Schools installed hundreds of sensors in all of its schools to monitor air quality. The schools and district are then sent the data in real time so they can make changes. via Meghan_Lopez
DENVER — This week, the state’s Air Quality Control Commission is listening to public testimony on its plan to reduce ozone pollution in Colorado. The plan promises to bring the state within 2008 federal Clean Air Act standards by 2027.
The sensors monitor carbon dioxide levels, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, ozone, formaldehyde and more. “In real time, we can change out a filter, we can close or open windows, close or open doors and understand if there's too many students in a particular area,” said district spokesman Javier Ibarra.
“As you can imagine, we have a lot of buildings that are historic buildings. And so updating some of those buildings can cost quite a bit of money,” Ibarra said. “What this helps is long term, we'll be able to make changes to our air quality system.” “I think it's an ethical issue. Comfort is not enough, and what we learned actually prior to COVID was poor ventilation, particularly in and around CO2 levels, is if we allow stale air to build up, carbon dioxide to build up, that affects cognitive function,” he said.
Hernandez's initial research also found a large performance distribution along buildings. Some new and old buildings performed well with air quality standards, while others performed poorly.
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