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Newington outlines indoor air quality sensor program and seeks state leeway on 5‑year compliance
Summary
Facilities staff described a district IAQ program using EPA 'Tools for Schools' checklists, portable sensors and the building management system; the district has 175 sensors on hand, more on order, and said it is seeking state approval to use sensors/BMS data in place of a costly full air‑balancer audit estimated around $340,000.
Newington school officials on Dec. 10 presented their annual indoor air/environment quality update and described a plan to expand classroom monitoring with portable sensors and the district—s building management system (BMS).
Facilities staff explained the Connecticut requirement for a uniform inspection and evaluation program and said the district completes EPA "Tools for Schools" checklists annually, runs biannual staff surveys and supplements those with portable monitors that log temperature, CO2 and relative humidity every five seconds. The presenter said the district has 175 of the portable units currently and…
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