Do you feel overwhelmed by all the information that’s out there about COVID-19 and ways to prevent/protect against it as we move into the winter?

There’s a lot of information - good and bad - out there. It’s easy to be confused about what to do and how to apply guidelines. Every couple of weeks while we’re all working our way through the COVID prevention maze, Blue House Energy of Novia Scotia has been summarizing the work of top level building scientists and air-quality specialists and posting it to their website and on social media.

According to their most recent post, there are three ways that COVID can be transmitted - fomite or surface contact, ballistic droplets, and aerosols - and they focus squarely on ventilation and air filtration to combat aerosol transmission of COVID 19. The October post includes eight vetted IAQ resources with solid information on aerosol filtration, beginning with this one-page inforgraphic:

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These low-tech box fan/air filter options would work well in a classroom, office, small renovation job site or other indoor space to reduce exposure to COVID aerosols by trapping viral particles in the filter material.
Blue House Energy These low-tech box fan/air filter options would work well in a classroom, office, small renovation job site or other indoor space to reduce exposure to COVID aerosols by trapping viral particles in the filter material.

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