{"id":2249,"date":"2022-07-12T06:13:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T06:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daikin.com.sg\/business\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2026-08-01T23:43:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:43:46","slug":"how-schools-in-singapore-can-reduce-infection-risks-and-create-healthier-cleaner-air-in-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daikin.com.sg\/business\/how-schools-in-singapore-can-reduce-infection-risks-and-create-healthier-cleaner-air-in-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"How schools in Singapore can reduce infection risks and create healthier, cleaner air in buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of many lessons learned during the pandemic is the importance of in-person learning to student equity, educational development, and social health. Pandemic control strategies such as school closures and distance learning programs are now considered last-resort options by most public health professionals and educators. Understanding this, it\u2019s clear we need to take all reasonable steps to maintain safe, direct interactions between students and teachers, particularly as we transition to the endemic phase of the disease. Temporary infection reduction measures such as masking, physical distancing, and sanitation are important layers of prevention. Still, long-term, the pandemic has demonstrated the urgency around permanently improving indoor air quality (IAQ).<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of healthier interior air are about much more than limiting the spread of COVID-19 in educational institutions. The increased risk of other respiratory pathogens dispersing through indoor spaces is greatly increased due to poor IAQ. Appropriate ventilation protocols are fundamental to lessening the impact of outdoor environmental elements such as temperature fluctuations, pollution, dust, or smoke, and even uncommon but impactful conditions such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daikin.com.sg\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/sick_building_factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">sick building syndrome<\/a>. Good IAQ is a key contributor to creating a safe, healthy, and productive indoor learning environment. The <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/building-management\/2021\/11\/22\/why-improving-indoor-air-quality-is-critical-for-healthcare-facilities-in-singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\">first<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.se.com\/building-management\/2022\/01\/10\/more-solutions-for-improving-indoor-air-quality-in-singapore-healthcare-facilities\/\">second<\/a> blogs in this series outlined several specific techniques for improving indoor air quality in healthcare facilities. Now, let\u2019s look at some tangible, effective measures educational institutions in Singapore can take to reduce the risk of indoor viral transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of many lessons learned during the pandemic is the importance of in-person learning to student equity, educational development, and social health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indoor-air-quality"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How schools in Singapore can reduce infection risks and create healthier, cleaner air in buildings - 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