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The White House “Clean Air in Buildings Challenge”: From Plan to Action
Our understanding of COVID-19 has rapidly changed over the course of the past couple years. Initially, scientists believed that the virus was spread through large “droplets” that were expressed through talking, sneezing and coughing. These droplets were thought to be heavy enough to drop through the air rather quickly (within an average of 6 ft distances) infecting others through both droplet and surface contact. Scientists have now concluded that it is not these droplets, or even surface infection, that we should be most concerned about; the virus is actually spread through aerosol sized particles that are invisible to the naked eye and light enough to stay within the atmosphere of an enclosed space for an hour or more. Because of our newfound understanding of how this virus works, proper indoor ventilation and air quality is more important now than ever.
Anything we do in the cloud requires data centers: streaming shows on Netflix, buying products on Amazon, storing documents on Google Drive, posting on social media platforms, hailing a ride on Uber, reserving a room on Airbnb… Data centers are essential in keeping the systems we use on a daily basis functioning and operational.
There are many methods of detecting air quality within a room and in outdoor environments. One of these methods is to measure particulates. 
