{"id":13117,"date":"2020-06-23T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T21:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/air-conditioners-can-help-prevent-coronavirus-spread\/"},"modified":"2020-06-23T00:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T21:33:00","slug":"air-conditioners-can-help-prevent-coronavirus-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/air-conditioners-can-help-prevent-coronavirus-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"#Air conditioners can help prevent coronavirus spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Air conditioners can help prevent coronavirus spread<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 22, 2020 |<\/span> 5:33pm <\/p>\n

\n They\u2019re no cure, but when used properly air conditioners can help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

As the US emerges from quarantine and heads into summer, air conditioners are turning on across the country \u2014 and, experts say, the machines are not only safe but potentially helpful in preventing further spread of the disease.<\/p>\n

The standard air conditioner works by recirculating and filtering air inside a space and mixing it with outside air. Just by bringing more outside air into interior spaces, air conditioners are helping combat the virus in a small way, as outside air reduces the risk of coronavirus transmission compared with confined spaces. High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters, considered the gold standard of AC filters, are also capable of capturing small particles, including viruses, Bloomberg reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cChanges to building operations, including the operation of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, can reduce airborne exposures,\u201d says the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers\u2019 (ASHRAE) official statement. \u201cAir conditioning systems can reduce the airborne concentration of SARS-CoV-2 and thus the risk of transmission through the air.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exception, however, is in spaces with poor ventilation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we see reports of super-spreading events that app<\/a>arently involve air conditioning, it usually means there\u2019s little or no ventilation in the space,\u201d Pennsylvania State University architectural engineering professor William Bahnfleth tells Bloomberg. \u201cYou can have one drink and you\u2019re fine, but if you drink a whole bottle of hard liquor, you may die. With pathogens, it\u2019s similar. It takes a certain number of them to have a high probability of getting an infection. If you can reduce the concentration in the air, then the rate at which you can be exposed drops.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, in the case of a poorly ventilated space, simply opening the windows is a better solution than recirculating musty air.<\/p>\n

While in some instances air conditioners are not helpful in virus prevention, ASHRAE stands by the fact that air conditioners do more good than bad in context. \u201cIn general<\/a>, disabling of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems is not a recommended measure to reduce the transmission of the virus,\u201d reads their statement.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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