Air Filter For Classroom

Distance, hygiene, respirator - this is what schools are currently counting on in order to reduce the risk of infection with the coronavirus in classrooms. Regular ventilation should also prevent infected students or teachers from spreading the virus. In order to reduce the virus load, more and more teachers, experts and politicians are also calling for the widespread use of high-performance air filter systems. Scientific studies have shown: the installation of mobile room air filters in classrooms led to a significant reduction in the aerosol concentration and the associated risk of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, there has been uncertainty about the follow-up costs of these devices - which may prevent some schools from buying them. In order to be able to estimate the total costs of purchasing and operating the devices, Frankfurt economists are developing a customizable calculation model that determines the most cost-effective equipment of a room with mobile room air filters while observing a limit value for the risk of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus - an important decision-making aid for users. This project is supported by the Friedrich Flick Förderungsstiftung. "The fast and unbureaucratic funding of scientific projects by the Goethe-Corona-Fonds enables us scientists to quickly tackle the urgent and time-critical questions in the pandemic and to find the answers that are just as urgently needed. With our research on life cycle costs, we provide a decision-making aid for the purchase and operation of mobile room air filters in classrooms in order to significantly reduce the risk of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus for students and teachers. "