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HELD 2024 Speakers Series – Session 2: Improving Indoor Air Quality Through Source Reduction, Ventilation and Filtration
The second session in our HELD 2024 Speakers Series on key aspects of indoor air quality in schools and child care settings!
More information and registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K3qL1-d3TzWRHA7aloyafg#/registration
Join this virtual event to learn about improving indoor air quality in schools and child care settings through source reduction, ventilation and filtration. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, will discuss the health risks of exposure to particulate matter and other indoor air pollutants, with a focus on children’s health. He will share his work on air quality, ventilation, sustainable buildings and energy systems, as well as learnings from COVID-19, to outline practical strategies to improve indoor air quality in educational settings.
Speakers:
Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, Ph.D., is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. His research interests include healthy and sustainable buildings, ventilation and indoor air quality, control of indoor particulate matter, the indoor microbiome, and moisture interactions with indoor chemistry and biology.
Following Dr. Siegel’s presentation, Dr. Joe Vipond, an emergency physician and past president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), will kick off the interactive portion of the webinar with his experiences and perspectives on indoor air quality and children’s health. Learn more: https://healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/held/ Note: The event will be in English.
We look forward to seeing you there!