Ventilation assessment in three teaching spaces at a Belgian university

Abstract

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghent University (UGent) has been working out several security measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, including general regulations of physical distancing, mouth mask usage, hand hygiene, disinfection and ventilation1. Regarding ventilation, each professor is responsible for creating a specific framework that complies with the safety measures for their classes. To help substantiate this framework, assessments were performed in selected UGent teaching spaces to evaluate the ventilation levels achieved in different scenarios. This paper describes measurements performed in three rooms of one UGent building