My daughter has a few years till kindergarten, but I’ve been closely following the return-to-school conversations in my community and working to help get students back to in-person learning.

Our company is located in Richmond, VA, where families who live only miles apart are in completely different situations.

Some students have been in class for months, some recently returned (in part with Germicidal Ultraviolet Light) — and others still don’t know when they’ll see their friends and teachers in person again.

Among the biggest challenges is indoor air quality.

As an industry professional, you’re well aware of the new conversations happening about making buildings healthier — whether they’re offices, retail stores, gyms, restaurants or senior care centers.

For school systems, decisions come with red tape, financial challenges, political considerations and family concerns. But there’s also a learning curve for a lot of the people responsible for those decisions.

I thought it would be helpful to highlight three areas to think about when it comes to indoor air quality: Ventilation, Filtration and Purification.

Please share our new episode with anyone you think might find the conversation useful. It’s also relevant for people outside of school settings who are trying to get a handle on what to consider as we reopen.

The CDC recently offered these new guidelines you might find helpful: “Ventilation in Schools and Childcare Programs: How to Use CDC Building Recommendations in Your Setting.”

As always, please let me know if my team and I can answer any questions about energy efficiency, LED lighting or our Germicidal UV and air quality solutions. 

Chris Rawlings
Chief Energy Officer
VLED

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We recently enjoyed completing a project for Common House, a private events venue and coworking space in Richmond, VA. We appreciate Clayton Poff and his team for working with us.

Thank you Common House for entrusting us to develop air quality solutions for you and for taking additional steps to invest in your employees and members alike. [Common House exterior image from CommonHouse.com.]

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1. In Virginia, there’s $43 million to spend— with more on the way from its participation in an 11-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Energy efficiency advocates are pushing to prioritize “weatherization, a set of improvements to a building that cut down on energy waste and consequently tend to lower electric bills.” 
    
2. The animated LED light fins illuminating Cincinnati’s new soccer stadium are creating a stir and gaining fans in the city.
    
3. Centura College in Norfolk, VA, welcomed its first class of students who want to become certified wind turbine technicians: “With more than 5 gigawatts of wind power literally on its horizon, the first-of-its-kind training is a piece of Virginia’s endeavor to become an industry hub. Students learn classroom and hands-on lessons at the Centura campus in Norfolk and two of its for-profit “sister” colleges — Tidewater Tech and the Aviation Institute of Maintenance.”

Our new online store, VeteranLED.com, has openedto make it easier for contractors and others to order lights, air filters, germicidal UV-C products and other goods directly.

We’ll continue to provide services that help guide you to the right products for your situation and available to offer installations. But this new feature will provide additional flexibility to customers that perform their own installations.

We’ve put together some of the most-requested options for municipalities, schools, universities, hospitals, gyms, restaurants, office buildings and senior care centers. Please explore the store and let us know what you think.

VLED seeks an Enterprise Sales Engineer for our Virginia headquarters.

We’re looking for someone with 5-10 years of B2B sales experience, with preferred large business or government background. Former contracting officers, purchasing agents, or large business procurement specialists will be considered as well in lieu of B2B sales experience.

Certified Energy Managers (CEM), Engineers (PE), Project Management Professionals (PMP) and other industry-related certifications and licenses are strongly encouraged.

For more information on the job and to apply through LinkedIn, follow this link. Or email us at info@vled.energy with your resume attached. We expect to fill this role before Q3 2021.