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Practices Implemented by DOE Better Plants Program Partners to Mitigate COVID-19...

by Wei Guo, Thomas J Wenning, Sachin U Nimbalkar, Eli Levine, Bruce Lung
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Screening for symptoms, maintaining physical distance, sanitizing surfaces, wearing appropriate face masks, maintaining good personal hygiene, and reconfiguring HVAC air management are the major activities that the DOE BP partners have implemented to mitigate COVID-19. This article shares some specific practices that BP program partners have implemented for these activities. The energy impact of some practices has also been discussed and some rules of thumb have been provided to estimate energy penalties.