Tall buildings in Shanghai disinfected, ventilated

Shanghai has urged management of tall office buildings to turn off any central air conditioners that are not ventilated, maximize ventilation in offices and implement flexible hours and staggered shifts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Many office buildings in the municipality－home to offices of more than 50,000 foreign companies and more than 600 regional headquarters of multinationals－have disinfected their air conditioners, and people have been having their temperatures taken since work resumed last week.

In response, Shanghai Tower, China's tallest building with a capacity of 30,000 people, recently completed the disinfection of its air conditioning ducts and filters and turned on maximum ventilation.

Wang Xuezhi, CEO of Goldhorse, a Shenzhen-based company that helps reduce energy consumption in public buildings, explained that ventilation allows in air from outdoors, keeping the air indoors fresh and preventing the virus from continuously circulating inside.