ASHRAE’s Building Readiness guidance provides practical information and checklists to help minimize the chance of spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Plumbing systems have at minimum been underutilized or at worst-case idle, allowing dangerous levels of potentially harmful bacteria like Legionella to proliferate.

SPL President Janet Stout, Ph.D., a clinical and environmental biologist with more than 30 years of pioneering research in Legionella, will teach the three-day course.

The guideline is intended for use by owners of human-occupied buildings and those involved in the design, construction, installation, commissioning, management, operation, maintenance, and service of centralized building water systems and components.

Following these procedures should prevent thousands of workers from getting sick and dying from Legionnaire’s disease and other types of waterborne illnesses associated with stagnant water.

The company's customized assessment and action plans aim to deliver the health, safety and assurance needed for building occupants to return with confidence.

The online offerings run through June.

The report identifies nearly 60 specific research needs that address system design, operation and maintenance, and provides a useful reference for the development of a detailed roadmap for addressing those needs through applied research and codes and standards activities.

The Plumbing Foundation City of New York is urging large commercial landlords and building management companies to take necessary precautions to safeguard tenants and the public from deadly microbes such as Legionella and other biofilm bacteria.

Jay and Kristy Egg will present, 'Legionella Primer; Where Are We Headed?'