Titus Yu, Carrier Commercial HVAC North Asia Managing Director, shares industry insights in IWBI Task Force on COVID-19 Town Hall

(July 02, 2020 Shanghai)
The global spread of COVID-19 and challenges in return-to-work efforts have highlighted HVAC, particularly ventilation and air-conditioning, as crucial first line of defense in providing safe environments and limiting the transmission of COVID-19. The IWBI Task Force on COVID-19 Town Hall on July 2nd was an effort by experts supporting this global transition back to the new normal to share lessons learned, best practices, and perspectives, and help prepare a global audience for a safer and more smooth transition back to work and life routines. The webcast saw over a hundred participants and included rich content sharing and lively Q&A.

 

Mr. Titus Yu, Managing Director of Carrier Commercial HVAC North Asia, (and parent company of EMSI), shared best practices in air-conditioning and safety, and various Carrier efforts to support clients and users. The Carrier Healthy Building Program provides an expanded suite of advanced solutions to help deliver healthier, safer, more efficient and productive indoor environments across key verticals including commercial offices, healthcare, hospitality, education, and retail. The broad suite of expert services such as consultation, implementation and continuous monitoring enable customers to restart, operate, maintain and upgrade their buildings to be safer and more efficient. 

 
The IWBI WELL Building Standard is an actionable distillation of the core elements of healthy indoor environments. The WELL Building Standard dovetails with Carrier and EMSI focus and efforts in better and healthier futures. EMSI is one of the pioneers provides WELL consultancy in China, with in-depth cooperation with IWBI on advocacy, standards, testing, and solutions. EMSI has completed over 8 million square feet of WELL certifications in China and is also a WELL Performance Testing Organization. Throughout the pandemic, EMSI has conducted additional air safety reviews to highlight air safety risks and suggest additional prevention strategies on WELL projects to improve safety and reliability under both normal as well as pandemic conditions.