August 21, 2020 Wildfire Impact: Building Ventilation Changes
Building Ventilation Changes
As a result of improved outdoor air quality conditions, the HVAC units in the buildings listed below are now back to ventilating with a percentage of outside air. As always, it remains important for occupants to continue practicing all recommended COVID-19 precautions.
Original content from August 21, 2020
As a result of the current unhealthful air quality index, a subset of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) units — those that Facilities Management can control remotely — are recirculating air rather than drawing in outside air for ventilation purposes. Labs or animal facilities within these buildings will continue to be ventilated with 100% outside air, while offices and common areas located in the same building may not.
For this reason, occupants in these buildings need to be sure to follow all recommended COVID-19 precautions including wearing face coverings, maintaining physical distancing, sanitizing surfaces, monitoring their symptoms and staying home if they are sick.
Learn more about our campus's building ventilation and filtration and what MERV filter ratings mean. Please note: Many buildings have multiple types of filters within their HVAC systems which is why you may see more than one rating for the filters listed below.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Facilities Management Customer Experience Center at (530) 752-1655.
|
Building |
Adjusted HVAC |
Total HVAC |
|
|
Fire and Police Building |
3 |
3 |
11 |
|
Plant Reproductive Biology Facility |
1 |
2 |
11 |
|
Transportation Services Building |
3 |
8 |
11 |
|
RMI Brewery, Winery, and Food Pilot Facility |
1 |
1 |
13 |
|
Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility |
4 |
11 |
11 |
|
Plant and Environmental Sciences |
2 |
7 |
11 |
|
Vet Med Student Services and Administration Center |
1 |
2 |
13 |
|
RMI North |
1 |
3 |
11 |
|
Ghausi Hall |
3 |
5 |
11 / 14 |
|
Cowell Building |
1 |
3 |
8 |
|
Academic Surge Building |
7 |
8 |
13 |
|
Physics Building |
6 |
8 |
11 / 13 |
|
Math Sciences Building |
3 |
3 |
13 |
|
Bainer Hall |
15 |
99 |
8 |
|
King Hall |
2 |
3 |
13 |
|
Social Sciences and Humanities |
11 |
11 |
8 |
|
Mrak Hall |
5 |
5 |
13 |
|
Earth and Physical Sciences Building |
2 |
5 |
13 |
|
Memorial Union |
8 |
13 |
8 / 11 / 13 |
|
Shields Library |
11 |
12 |
13 |