ESSER Fund I & II The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds allocate $85 billion to state agencies to address the impact of COVID on schools.
The urgency around improving IAQ and ventilation since COVID, combined with the significant and time limited ESSER funding, has prompted school districts across U.S to replace SPUVs with more contemporary systems.
By introducing outdoor air in quantities up to, Per ASHRAE Systems and Equipment Handbook, ventilator is encased assembly.
In the arrangement, conditioned air discharges from the cabinet top and return air enters at the front near the floor while outside air enters from the back of the unit..
SPUV units have evolved to add the integration of ERV components and the flexibility to duct outside air from DOAS air handlers directly to SPUV units..
The Section 48 energy investment tax credit was extended with 6% base credit rate and 30% bonus rate for geothermal heat pump property that begins construction before Jan 1, 2035, and was put in use after Jan 1, 2023.
10% bonus rate for domestic content is also available — the owner must prove that the product within the completed project was made in U.S..
This combination of SPUV with VRF coil solves both the efficiency and ventilation requirements and can allow for flexibility and continuity on system choice across the many non-classroom portions of any school building.
ASHRAE Applications Handbook, Chapter 48, Noise and Vibration Control, cites ANSI ASA Standard S12.60-2010 for classroom acoustics as guideline for school mechanical design.
The quality of education, the teacher voice strain, and the in the environment are all important results of proper system selection to reduce noise.
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