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ASHRAE has geared up for tackling COVID-19 pandemic. It has created Epidemic Task Force. ASHRAE says in a release that Epidemic Task Force has been established to help deploy ASHRAE’s technical resources to address the current challenges and future epidemics as it relates to the effects of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems on disease transmission in healthcare facilities, the workplace, and home, public and recreational environments.

2013-14 ASHRAE Presidential Member William Bahnfleth, will be the chairman of the Task Force. “We have assembled an outstanding group of experts to serve on the task force,” said Bahnfleth. “They are high-level building professionals with collective experience in design, construction, operations and research, who are well qualified to offer guidance on how to protect building occupants and support healthcare facility needs during the uncertainty of an epidemic.”

ASHRAE states that the task force will also provide recommendations for setting up temporary field hospitals in convention centers, arenas and indoor stadia to deal with surges.

The primary role of the task force is to maintain communication with members, industry partners, building owners, facility operators, government agencies and the general public.

Leading experts in medicine and public health will serve as consultants to the task force.

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