{"id":2646,"date":"2020-10-20T10:05:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/?page_id=2646"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:13:13","slug":"connolly-energizeandover","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/internship-impacts\/connolly-energizeandover\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Classroom Ventilation in Andover, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-1195 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/profile\/catherine-connolly\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\">\n\t\t\t<img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/urban\/files\/2018\/07\/2018_Kate-Connolly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kate Connolly headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2018\/07\/2018_Kate-Connolly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/files\/2018\/07\/2018_Kate-Connolly-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Catherine Connolly<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Senior Data &#038; Planning Analyst, Stony Brook University<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Project Partner:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energizeandover.com\/\">Energize Andover<\/a>, Summer 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Summary: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Air quality and comfortable temperatures are crucial for student learning. Without proper ventilation and filtration, the risk of transmission in schools is also significantly higher. The project centered around the analysis of Andover High School\u2019s continuous monitoring system for indoor carbon dioxide (CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and temperature to identify classrooms with ventilation issues for further evaluation. In collaboration with a high school intern at Energize Andover, Kate compiled monitoring data and identified 7 rooms with sensor issues and 26 classrooms with high CO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> concentrations for more than half the school day. Kate also provided up-to-date scientific evidence about the airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the COVID-19 pandemic. In presenting the importance of ventilation and filtration in schools to reduce the risk of transmission, school- and town-affiliated stakeholders pushed for a subsequent evaluation of the school\u2019s ventilation system as recommended by various government agencies. Actions to improve air quality and ventilation indoors, informed by Kate\u2019s analysis, could reduce COVID-19 risk and improve child health and learning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Deliverables<\/strong>:<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/urban\/files\/2020\/12\/Executive-Summary-AHS-Classroom-Ventilation-Analysis_Connolly.pdf\">Executive Summary: Andover High School Classroom Ventilation Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/urban\/files\/2020\/12\/Energize-Andover_Memorandum_Connolly.pdf\">Energizer Andover Memorandum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/urban\/files\/2020\/12\/Annotated-Appendix_Indoor-Air-Quality-Ventilation-and-COVID-19-Resources_Connolly.pdf\">Annotated Appendix: Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation, and COVID-19 Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2648\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/urban\/files\/2020\/10\/Green-Advisory-Board-Meeting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"236\" class=\"wp-image-2648 size-full\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andover Green Advisory Board Meeting over Zoom during the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project Partner: Energize Andover, Summer 2020 Project Summary: Air quality and comfortable temperatures are crucial for student learning. Without proper ventilation and filtration, the risk of transmission in schools is also significantly higher. The project centered around the analysis of Andover High School\u2019s continuous monitoring system for indoor carbon dioxide (CO2) and temperature to identify [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16791,"featured_media":0,"parent":1881,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16791"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4105,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2646\/revisions\/4105"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/urban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}