IAQ Seminar

Shona O’Dea will provide an overview of the health and cognitive function metrics of IAQ called out in the WELL Building Standard and RESET Standard for Healthy Air.

After attending this session participants will be able to:

• Discuss the metrics for success in the RESET Core & Shell and Commercial Interiors Standard
• Convey an understanding of different air quality monitors, and how to select one that meets your needs
• Identify potential sources bad air quality
• Understand the impact of Air Quality on Cognitive Function

Speaker:

Shona O’Dea, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP

High Performance Design Leader | Principal, DLR Group

“I envision a redefinition of sustainable design to a data-driven, scientific-centric process where building
performance is verified.”

Shona’s focus on efficiency and indoor environmental quality is an important component of DLR
Group’s Performance Design team, supporting the firm’s pursuit of sustainable design and operation.
Her primary goal is to challenge people to think differently about the way they design and operate
buildings, advising teams from sustainable goal setting to efficient operations. She uses building
simulation to help designers quantify energy savings and understand the interaction between building
design, mechanical systems, and the environment.

“I believe it is important that we as an industry continue to think differently about design, to leverage
sustainability and high performance as the smart thing to do with respect to economic viability, in
addition to the responsible thing to do for the environment.”

Born and raised in Ireland, Shona earned an honors degree in Building Services Engineering from the
Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland’s leading sustainable building engineering program, and moved
to the Midwest as part of the Atlantis dual master’s program in Sustainability, Technology and
Innovation at Purdue University. She currently serves as Young Engineers n ASHRAE Society Chair.