COvid-19 Transmission Risk Assessment Case Studies - education Establishments
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics
Abstract
Schools are planning to re-open in September and with the recent increased awareness of airborne transmission of Covid-19, there is an urgent need to monitor the situation and to provide guidance on ventilation best practice. This is emphasised by the expected onset of cooler weather when there will be a conflict between maintaining high fresh air ventilation flows and energy consumption and occupant comfort.
We will quantify the risk of airborne COVID-19 transmission in schools and evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation measures, by developing techniques to assess the absolute risk of infection in a given indoor space, using field studies in primary and secondary schools, complemented by laboratory experiments and CFD to elucidate the flow patterns responsible for airborne transport. The understanding generated will underpin recent developments in infection modelling to predict the likelihood of airborne transmission within schools. The project will reduce the uncertainties associated with airborne transmission routes and provide evidence to evaluate mitigation measures. The scenarios we will investigate include changes to ventilation, use of screens, classroom lay-out and occupancy profiles. The methodology will facilitate application to offices, restaurants, shops etc.
Airborne infection occurs through re-breathed air, the concentration of which can be directly inferred from measurements of CO2. Indoor flow is strongly affected by the locations of windows or vents, the heat rising from occupants/equipment and disturbances caused by people movement. Thus, accurate representations of these processes in the laboratory and CFD are needed to interpret the monitoring data currently collected in schools, which are typically single point measurements.
We will quantify the risk of airborne COVID-19 transmission in schools and evaluate the effectiveness of mitigation measures, by developing techniques to assess the absolute risk of infection in a given indoor space, using field studies in primary and secondary schools, complemented by laboratory experiments and CFD to elucidate the flow patterns responsible for airborne transport. The understanding generated will underpin recent developments in infection modelling to predict the likelihood of airborne transmission within schools. The project will reduce the uncertainties associated with airborne transmission routes and provide evidence to evaluate mitigation measures. The scenarios we will investigate include changes to ventilation, use of screens, classroom lay-out and occupancy profiles. The methodology will facilitate application to offices, restaurants, shops etc.
Airborne infection occurs through re-breathed air, the concentration of which can be directly inferred from measurements of CO2. Indoor flow is strongly affected by the locations of windows or vents, the heat rising from occupants/equipment and disturbances caused by people movement. Thus, accurate representations of these processes in the laboratory and CFD are needed to interpret the monitoring data currently collected in schools, which are typically single point measurements.
Organisations
- University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation, Project Partner)
- Department for Education (Project Partner)
- Chestnut Lane School (Project Partner)
- St Thomas of Canterbury Primary School (Project Partner)
- Cundall Johnston & Partners LLP (UK) (Project Partner)
- Guildford Borough Council (Project Partner)
- Churchfield Primary School (Project Partner)
- Hoare Lea (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Bar Hill Community Primary School (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Monodraught (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Attigo Academy Trust (Project Partner)
- Public Health England (Project Partner)
- Elangeni School (Project Partner)
- Gilberts (Blackpool) Ltd (Project Partner)
- University of Southampton (Project Partner)
- Willowfield School (Project Partner)
- Fosters and Partners (Project Partner)
- Volution Ventilation UK Limited (Project Partner)
- Arup Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Burridge H
(2021)
Predictive and retrospective modelling of airborne infection risk using monitored carbon dioxide
in Indoor and Built Environment
Burridge HC
(2021)
The ventilation of buildings and other mitigating measures for COVID-19: a focus on wintertime.
in Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Chatzidiakou L
(2023)
Schools' air quality monitoring for health and education: Methods and protocols of the SAMHE initiative and project
in Developments in the Built Environment
DeSouza P
(2023)
Evaluating the Performance of Low-Cost PM2.5 Sensors in Mobile Settings.
in Environmental science & technology
Guo Y
(2021)
Variational Gaussian process for optimal sensor placement english
in Applications of Mathematics
Hama S
(2023)
The underpinning factors affecting the classroom air quality, thermal comfort and ventilation in 30 classrooms of primary schools in London.
in Environmental research
Kumar P
(2023)
A parent-school initiative to assess and predict air quality around a heavily trafficked school.
in The Science of the total environment
Kumar P
(2021)
The nexus between in-car aerosol concentrations, ventilation and the risk of respiratory infection.
in Environment international
Kumar P
(2023)
Micro-characteristics of a naturally ventilated classroom air quality under varying air purifier placements.
in Environmental research
Kumar P
(2023)
Using empirical science education in schools to improve climate change literacy
in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Phillips T
(2021)
An autoencoder-based reduced-order model for eigenvalue problems with application to neutron diffusion
in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Phillips T
(2023)
Solving the discretised neutron diffusion equations using neural networks
in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Rawat N
(2023)
Interventions for improving indoor and outdoor air quality in and around schools.
in The Science of the total environment
Ren C
(2023)
Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom.
in Building simulation
Sharma A
(2022)
Air pollution exposure assessment simulation of babies in a bike trailer and implication for mitigation measures
in Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances
Sharma A
(2022)
Efficacy of facemasks in mitigating respiratory exposure to submicron aerosols.
in Journal of hazardous materials
Vouriot CVM
(2021)
Seasonal variation in airborne infection risk in schools due to changes in ventilation inferred from monitored carbon dioxide.
in Indoor air
Woodward H
(2021)
Air Flow Experiments on a Train Carriage-Towards Understanding the Risk of Airborne Transmission
in Atmosphere
Wu H
(2022)
A global challenge for smart and healthy care homes for the elderly
in Indoor and Built Environment
Wu P
(2021)
Reduced order model using convolutional auto-encoder with self-attention
in Physics of Fluids
Zheng J
(2021)
Numerical study of COVID-19 spatial-temporal spreading in London.
in Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994)
| Title | CO-TRACE: Introduction videos |
| Description | The CO-TRACE team produced three videos to introduce the work of the CO-TRACE project: 1. Project CO-TRACE: Introduction 2. Project CO-TRACE: Meet the team 3. Project CO-TRACE: What do we do? All published on our YouTube Channel and CO-TRACE website. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Used on the CO-TRACE website and social media, and shared with a variety of audiences, such as schools we were working with, media, Steering Committee, etc. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvkMF8eFIBerV954ghuihdY0CxTKGGe0F |
| Title | CO2 monitors in classrooms |
| Description | Four videos were created by the CO-TRACE project team to assist with the UK government's rollout of CO2 monitors to schools. The materials aim to explain how CO2 monitors can help teachers manage their classroom ventilation to provide a more comfortable and healthier learning environment. The videos are on our YouTube Channel, CO-TRACE website and CoSchools websites. An additional version of the videos were also made later in 2022 in order to add Italian Captions, so that these versions could be used in Italian Schools. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Used on the CO-TRACE website and social media, and shared with a variety of audiences, such as schools we were working with or had contacts for, media, Steering Committee, etc. The Italian subtitled versions were used with Italian Schools. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvkMF8eFIBer7QuUVSu1AyhNKZHv9WUOK |
| Title | Teacher's resources: Ventilation videos |
| Description | The CO-TRACE team created three videos on the topic of Ventilation for teacher's to use. All published on our YouTube Channel and CO-TRACE website. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The ventilation videos were shared with schools/teachers and promoted as part of World Ventil8 Day - 8th November 2022. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvkMF8eFIBepeL2GRumnUa5mibbYz6fFG |
| Description | Our analysis of CO2 measurements showed that ventilation was better and covid risk reduced in schools in summer compared with winter. This is because most schools in the UK use natural ventilation and windows are more open in summer than in winter. We also found from our detailed measurements that CO2 is not well correlated with particulate matter in the air, and so cannot be used as a predictor of indoor air quality. We have monitored a number of schools and passed on reports of their air quality and ventilation to them. |
| Exploitation Route | By viewing the informational videos we have made and place on our website |
| Sectors | Construction,Education,Energy |
| URL | https://co-trace.uk |
| Description | We have produced videos to inform school teachers how they might use carbon dioxide monitors to ensure their classroom is adequately ventilated. These videos are on the project website and have been viewed over 4000 times. The videos have also been translated into Italian and French for use in those countries. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Kitchen pollution guidance |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/global-centre-clean-air-research/resources/kitchen-pollution-guidance |
| Description | Presentation of an overview of SAMHE to the Department for Education to explore potential opportunities, 18/10/2022 |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Presentation of an overview of SAMHE to the Scottish Government's School Funding, Infrastructure, and Organisation Unit to explore potential opportunities, 28/10/2022 |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Title | Indoor Geometry Generator (IGG) |
| Description | The Indoor Geometry Generator (IGG) is able to generate automatically simplified indoor geometry and its associated unstructured mesh for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations purposes given very simple user inputs. A large number of indoor features are supported by IGG such as (non-exhaustive list): shelves, tills, tables, chairs, seats... Smaller features such as laptops, computer towers and screens can also be included. In addition, doors/windows as well as ventilation inlet and outlet can be taken into account. Finally, the adding of simplified shape of humans standing, sitting or lying are also supported by IGG. IGG allows the user to generate without much effort indoor geometries such that shop, train, bus, plane, school, open spaces..., while being fully consistent with CFD requirements. The geometry and the mesh are outputted in GMSH format supported by both Fluidity and IC-FERST open-source finite-element CFD software. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The Indoor Geometry Generator (IGG) is able to generate automatically simplified indoor geometry and its associated unstructured mesh for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations purposes given very simple user inputs. Generating the geometry and the mesh is usually done manually and is really time consumming. |
| URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349350000_Indoor_Geometry_Generator_IGG_Manual |
| Title | Model name: Fluidity-Urban |
| Description | It is used for modelling urban environment - taking into account the tree, park, blue areas and land surface flux. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Novelty, this is the first introduction of adaptive unstructured mesh modelling to prediction of urban environment. Not published yet since it is still at the stage of developing and validation. However the initial results were presented in international conferences (e.g. International Conference on Sustainable Development in Building and Environment 26 August 2020), MAGIC meeting and INHALE committee meetings. Aiming to publish in a peer reviewed journal in October 2021. |
| Description | AI for Modelling Fluid Flow and Multi-Physics Problems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Christopher Pain gave a talk entitled 'AI for Modelling Fluid Flow and Multi-Physics Problems' to the SIAM Conference on Mathematical & Computational Issues (https://www.siam.org/conferences/cm/conference/gs21) in the Geosciences on 22nd June 2021, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_talk.cfm?p=111703 |
| Description | Article: 'National Conversation' needed to address air pollution in classrooms |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article: 'National Conversation' needed to address air pollution in classrooms' https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/national-conversation-needed-address-air-pollution-classrooms |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/national-conversation-needed-address-air-pollution-classrooms |
| Description | Clean Air Campaign resources |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The University of Surrey's Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) worked with Global Action Plan to produce Clean Air Campaign Resources: A new collection of resources launched for teachers to bring clean air campaigning into the classroom. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.transform-our-world.org/news/clean-air-campaign-resourceshow-lessons-from-lambeth-can-he... |
| Description | Event - Car Free Day brought Guildford Living Lab and the local community together |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Team members of the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) held a stall in Guildford town centre on 26 September 2021 for Car Free Day, when pedestrians were prioritised over automobiles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erNzwQqk-VA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/car-free-day-brought-guildford-living-lab-and-local-community-together |
| Description | Fluids and Artificial Intelligence Modelling Methods and Applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Christopher Pain presented 'Fluids and Artificial Intelligence Modelling Methods and Applications' to the Computational Fluid Dynamic and Artificial Intelligence Workshop 2021 at Shanghai University, on 30th August 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Full Network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The meeting discussed the question 'Should air cleaners be used in schools?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://co-trace.uk |
| Description | Hosted a stand at the 'Tackling structural inequalities & championing evidential approaches, to improve the life chances of children in Bradford and beyond' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hosted a stand at the 'Tackling structural inequalities & championing evidential approaches, to improve the life chances of children in Bradford and beyond', attended by 300+ people, 12/07/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview for Times Educational Supplement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Professor Cath Noakes and Dr Henry Burridge 'Attendance focus shows why good ventilation in schools still matters', Times Educational Supplement 25 May 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/attendance-focus-shows-why-good-ventilation-schools-st... |
| Description | Interview for national news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with 'i News' regarding ventilation/COVID transmission in schools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://inews.co.uk/news/education/covid-schools-teachers-working-classrooms-windows-dont-open-leavi... |
| Description | Interview for national news |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | I gave interviews to BBC, ITN and Sky News concerning the government's guidelines for ventilation in schools. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-59908786 https://www.itv.com/news/london/2022-01-10/can-this-handheld-tech-help-stop-the-spread-of-covid-in-schools https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-01-06/teachers-say-governments-open-window-policy-is-unworkable-in-winter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview published on the UK Clean Air Programme website 08/11/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Interview published on the UK Clean Air Programme website 08/11/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Media Interview for CIBSE Journal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Henry Burridge was interviewed by the CIBSE journal for the article 'Class monitors: assessing school indoor air quality' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.cibsejournal.com/general/class-monitors-assessing-school-indoor-air-quality/ |
| Description | Multi-physics and multi-scale adaptive mesh AI-modelling for the urban environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Christopher Pain gave a talk entitled 'Multi-physics and multi-scale adaptive mesh AI-modelling for the urban environment' to the 10th International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Building and Environment (SuDBE2021) held in Chongqing from 4th to 7th November 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.sudbeconference.com/ |
| Description | Network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The meeting discussed the question 'What is the influence of Covid 19 on the the importance of air quality in schools?' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://co-trace.uk |
| Description | Poster presented at Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Omidvarborna, H., Kumar, P., 2022. A citizen-science approach to monitor air quality in a UK school adjacent to trafficked roads during lockdown (#78), presented in the session filling in the air quality data gap and enabling air quality management in LMICs using low-cost sensors, Air Sensors International Conference (ASIC) 2022, 11-13 May 2022, Pasadena, California. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://asic.aqrc.ucdavis.edu/poster-presentations |
| Description | Presence at Guildford Car-free day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On Car-Free day (25 September 2022), the GCARE team were invited in a public event in Guildford. During this event, we shared the CO-TRACE project results with the local community and Guildford's MP Angela Richardson. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at 6th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Prashant Kumar gave a presentation to the 6th Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management 2021 on 'Indoor air quality, ventilation and the risk of COVID-19 airborne transmission in school classrooms: Insights from COTRACE project' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation at IBPSA-England / CIBSE BSG Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 'Assessing exposure to infected breath in naturally ventilated classrooms' talk by Carolanne Vouriot 24 Feb 2022, IBPSA-England / CIBSE BSG Event: Estimating airborne infection through simulation and analysis - Part 2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the 'Developing the future of indoor air quality observatories for healthy buildings in a net zero world' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the 'Developing the future of indoor air quality observatories for healthy buildings in a net zero world', attended by 30+ people, 29/09/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the 2022 UKHSA Annual UK Research Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the 2022 UKHSA Annual UK Research Review Meeting on Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution Research, attended by 100+ people, 30/11/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the British Thoracic Society's Winter Meeting, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the British Thoracic Society's Winter Meeting, attended by 200+ people, 25/11/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the IAQ-UK-Fr event in Paris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the IAQ-UK-Fr event in Paris attended by 35 people, 28/04/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the National Core Study PROTECT Research Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the National Core Study PROTECT Research Symposium, attended by 150+ people, 05/05/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the Routes to Clean Air annual conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Routes to Clean Air annual conference, attended by 120+ people, 27/09/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Indoor Air Conference 2022 in Finland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Carolanne Vouriot, Research Assistant on the CO-TRACE project, presented to the Indoor Air Conference in Finland, Wednesday 15/06/22 at 11:15am in the "Airborne disease transmission" session chaired by Lidia Morawska and Sami Lestinen. Carolanne's presentation was titled: "Assessing exposure to infected breath in naturally ventilated classrooms" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to UK Fluids Conference, 6-8th September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Joshua Finneran (CO-TRACE Research Associate) presented 'Targeted extraction of exhaled breath to reduce potential virus exposure' . UK Fluids Conference, 6-8th September 2022, University of Sheffield, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality, Air Health Working Party |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Prashant Kumar presented to Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality, Air Health Working Party, Monday 20 June 13:00. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the 'SPACES Webinar: Schools and Ventilation', |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the 'SPACES Webinar: Schools and Ventilation', attended by 90+ people, 20/07/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the 9th International Symposium on Stratified Flows (ISSF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Joshua Finneran (CO-TRACE Research Associate) presented 'The effect of outlet height in displacement ventilated rooms' The 9th International Symposium on Stratified Flows (ISSF), 31st Aug 2022, University of Cambridge, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the Church of England Diocesan Buildings Officer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the Church of England Diocesan Buildings Officer and his delegation of 5 people, 06/04/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to the SAMHE engagement panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the SAMHE engagement panel, attended by 20 people, 18/07/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Press coverage for publication |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press coverage around the publication of article published by CO-TRACE: Rawat, N., Kumar, P., 2022.Interventions for improving indoor and outdoor air quality in and around schools.Science of the Total Environment858, 159813, Available at:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159813 1. https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/228044?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/228044 2. https://phys.org/news/2022-11-combination-behavior-campaigns-technology-air.html 3. https://news.knowledia.com/ZA/en/articles/a-combination-of-behaviour-change-campaigns-and-technology-could-help-to-8df14ea2772099fd599402869658538c1f2c5d82 4. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/972728 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Promotion of CO2 monitor videos in newsletters |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Inclusion of the project's video guidance for teachers regarding CO2 monitors (https://www.coschools.org.uk/) in both Long Covid Kids newsletter (30K subscribers) and The Association of School and College Leaders newsletter (20K paying subscribers). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://shoutout.wix.com/so/24Nugz070?languageTag=en#/main |
| Description | Radio interviews |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Radio interviews with Meridian FM and Gateway 97.8 concerning CO2 monitors and ventilation in schools, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Represented SAMHE in an expert panel Q&A session at the BESA national conference, 20/10/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Represented SAMHE in an expert panel Q&A session at the BESA national conference, 20/10/2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | SAMHE tweets (and retweets) inviting schools to register as a pioneer school |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | SAMHE tweets (and retweets) inviving schools to register as a pioneer school, by @ArkwrightTalent (3K followers, of which c.1.5K are teachers), @EPSRC (49K), @SEIresearch (39K followers, @SarahWest_SEI (1,8K followers) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk at Pint of Science event 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Prashant Kumar (University of Surrey) presented on 'What is clean air research?' at The Pint of Science event 2022, ZERO Carbon Guildford, Guildford, UK, 10 May 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/is-sustainability-the-only-way-forward |
| Description | Talk at TAPAS Network meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk at TAPAS Network meeting 19/10/2022 to teacher, health professionals, other researchers, NGOs to promote project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Website - CAST tool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Based on conversations with members of the DfE, SAGE, SAGE-EMG, and SPI-B it was decided that detailed predictions specific to the airborne infection risk from COVID-19 were unreliable, impractical, and unhelpful for schools and their communities. Instead a holistic approach to aid adherence to current government guidance concerning COVID-19 transmission, rather than `risk' per se, was taken. This took the form of the provision of a freely available `COVID-19 Assistance for Schools Tools' - CAST. CAST offered routes for guided assessment of the risks associated with COVID-19 transmission in schools. CAST offered two independent levels of assessment: - Classroom: aimed at classroom teachers, Learning support assistants and teaching assistants, and - School: aimed at head teachers, school senior leaders, site management staff and caretakers. CAST for classrooms: https://www.coschools.org.uk/cast/teachers CAST-Classrooms: COVID-19 infection occurs via three main transmission routes: the droplet route, the contact route, and the airborne route. To help you ensure adherence to current guidance, please get assistance for all three routes. As you complete each route recommendations will appear below to help you to better adhere to COVID-19 guidance - for each route recommendations are: highlighted red when your responses indicate that action should be urgently considered, highlighted amber when some actions should be considered, and highlighted green when your responses indicate that the guidance is being well adhered to. CAST for school: https://www.coschools.org.uk/cast/schools CAST-Schools: As per 'CAST-Classrooms', focusing on all three transmission routes but aiding the adherence to COVID-19 guidance at a school, rather than classroom, level. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.coschools.org.uk/cast/schools |
| Description | Website CoSchools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The CO-TRACE project developed the school facing CoSchools platform, this free to access web platform provides: - Four guidance videos to motivate and support the use of CO2 monitors: these have been viewed more than 3,800 times (as of Jan/23), - Table of guidance and actions for various CO2 levels in classrooms, - Printable poster guiding classroom staff on the use of CO2 monitors, and - An editable presentation for school leaders to train staff in the purpose and usage of CO2 monitors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://coschools.org.uk/ |