The New Healthy Building Podcast Liz Beatty

Today, we set out to understand why this goal is so important. What is the full extent of how this pandemic has impacted learning for our kids. And to find out, we had the frontlines ahead, you'll hear from three different educators, from schools with different focuses different teaching modalities, and different age groups. And while we learn about some important silver linings to the past couple of years, we learned to why there's also no substitute for getting kids back into the classroom, listen in…

 

Today we take a deep dive into wellness with someone who spent 45 years in and around this subject area. Bill Hogarth is the former School Director of York Region District School Board. He's the former Chair of Seneca College. He's on the current Board of Governors for Guelph University and the Center for Addiction and Mental Health CAMH. He's President of Education, Research, Development and Innovation.
 
And he's part of the TCI Cleaner Air for Schools team, trying to make our built environment safe, and get people back to school. And back to work. Welcome, Bill.We will be making a slight edit at the end of the podcast so sorry hold off. Liz will send again.
 

Today we focus on rising energy and carbon costs and the impact on school board facilities. Tim Cresswell provides deeper insights on how to reduce your carbon footprint, save the planet, keep your people safer with increased ventilation, and save a ton on energy costs. That is low-hanging fruit. I sat down with Tim again, just to dig a little deeper into how all this happens…

Today we focus on safe back to school, what it means for parents, students and educators. Juan Malvestitti is the man in charge of getting the word out on safe back to school, and specifically Nerva's duct sealing process, which is a proven method to increase ventilation without the need for mechanical upgrades. Listen in...
 

with Anthony (Tony) Cupido, Ph.D., P.Eng., Research Chair, Sustainable Building Technologies, IDEAWORKS, Mohawk College
 
Today we go straight to an industry and research expert in verifying the claims of air purification and ventilation technologies. In the age of Covid, these tests of efficacy are more important than ever in making sense of a growing and often confusing marketplace. 
 
Tony Cupido is currently the research chair of Sustainable Buildings Technologies at Mohawk College in Ontario. Listen in...
 

Thomas Cole Inc. CEO Tim Cresswell represents leading air purification technologies in Ontario, Canada; solutions that fight Covid-19 and reduce carbon footprints. He's back with us to talk about Premier Ford's Safe Return to School plan. Tim talks about the key elements of an effective safe return to school strategy: increased airflow, and active air purification. Listen in...