Pandemic Readiness

Cx Associates understands that now more than ever, building owners and tenants are rightfully concerned about their building's air quality and safety. While we have often addressed air quality in our work prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we've seen an increased need to offer specific services geared toward making buildings safer by improving ventilation and filtration, and to help our clients meet specific air quality guidelines.   

Our pandemic readiness and response services offer clients what they need to keep building occupants safer everyday, or during a global pandemic.

Mechanical ventilation systems play an essential role in making buildings safer for occupants and the environment.

Indoor air quality is an essential part of any infection control strategy, and it's necessary to have an HVAC professional verify that your building ventilation systems are operating as intended.

Many buildings and ventilation systems are not meeting the current guidelines for proper ventilation and filtration.

Pandemic Readiness & Response Services

Cx Associates is equipped to provide services either preventatively or in direct response to a pandemic. If you have specific needs, please contact us to discuss tailoring our services for your building.

Existing Systems Assessment

Existing mechanical systems, filtration levels, and ventilation sources in each space are reviewed during a site visit. We will provide a report with a list of recommendations and cost estimates for their implementation.

Ventilation Airflow Assessment

Using ASHRAE Standard 62.1 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), Cx Associates will calculate the ventilation requirements for each space. We will then complete airflow measurements to determine the actual airflow in each space and for each air handling unit. If any spaces do not meet the Standard, we will recommend ways to alter existing equipment or provide recommendations to install supplemental ventilation. For tenants who lease the space/building and cannot implement changes to an entire HVAC system, we will make recommendations for space-specific ventilation and filtration improvements.

Isolation Rooms

If your building requires an ‘isolation room’ - a room where an infected person can stay until they can leave the premises at a later time - Cx Associates can develop an isolation room plan. Typically, such rooms require a dedicated exhaust system and disconnection from the building’s return air system. This ensures these rooms will be at a negative pressure to the rest of the building and contaminated air does not leave the room. We will assess the HVAC and exhaust conditions of the identified rooms and develop recommendations for additional equipment or alternations needed for the room to serve as an isolation room.

Educational Presentations

Cx Associates staff are building mechanical and enclosure experts who stay current in the latest air quality and ventilation guidelines and recommendations. We excel at explaining in plain language what your options are to mitigate the risk of contamination to building occupants and providing Q+A-style presentations for staff, residents/tenants, or any end-user group post-upgrades/renovations to explain the measures implemented for their benefit. These presentations can be in-person or virtual, in layman’s terms, and can be catered to your specific needs.

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