Seminar 20 -- Idle Buildings are the Devil's Playground (LIVE)

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Buildings operate as a system and perform in a comfortable, safe, and healthy way when well-designed and operated as designed. Sometimes buildings are idled or shut down without proper understanding that this can problems in the building envelope, water systems, and HVAC. Recently, we have experienced unprecedented times related to the pandemic. We saw universities close and reopen, vacated hospital wings and hotels closed while others had few guests. This seminar brings together experts from different areas of building performance to explain the consequences of such idling, and design concerns for idlebuildings.

1. HVAC and Plumbing Systems: What Is the Correct Idle to Minimize Legionella and Other Indoor Environmental Quality Concerns during a Pandemic
   Donald Snell, P.E., Associate Member, Liberty Building Forensics Group, Atlanta, GA
2. Design Conditions for CHW Pipe Insulation Systems to Account for Idle Building Syndrome
   Gordon Hart, P.E., Member, Artek Engineering, LLC, Shrewsbury, MA
3. Idle Buildings, Accelerated Problems
   Peter Adams, P.Eng., Member, Morrison Hershfield Ltd, Toronto, ON, Canada