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​Being mindful of the challenges COVID-19 presents in indoor spaces, we put together our own HVAC playbook for ML Work Orders based on prevailing guidance and recommendations. This playbook provides step by step instructions on how to set up work orders, PM’s, and inventory procedures to align with the new HVAC recommendations for school districts.

What is a healthy building?
Consider healthy buildings as the next generation in the green building movement. A movement that has been picking up steam well before the pandemic.  According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, a healthy building not only includes environmentally responsible and resource-efficient building concepts, but it also integrates human health elements like the reduction of air and sound pollution and access to healthy, sustainable light.
Components of a healthy building
In 2016, the Harvard School of Public Health created the 9 Foundations of a Healthy Building as a standardized and holistic view of how buildings affect the people inside of them. Click the link above to learn more about each foundational element.
 Here’s a summary of each: