Praful Gupta, Vice President, Business Development, SMS Integrated Facility Services Pvt Ltd writes about SMS Immunoshield, a free-of-charge auditing tool for educational institutions to evaluate their readiness to reopen.
SMS Immunoshield covers 76 points including exterior & outdoor, common areas, classrooms, administration areas, washrooms, building upkeep & technical maintenance and compliance & governance. Schools can measure their readiness. A score card is generated; any school below a score of 60 needs assistance from professional FM companies to be ready to reopen. A few examples of the tool’s assessment:
| Area | Measure | Question | Solution |
| Exterior & Outdoor | Hands-free system to allow access for building users exists for visitors/residents/ employees etc | Does the building have hands-free access for building users? | IOT Based Temperature Scanning + Aarogya Setu QR Code for triggering Access Control |
| Common Area & Reception | Health data of all entrants to building/office recorded and shared with building manager through real-time dashboard | Is there a real time analytics and health dashboard of all entrants to building/ office logged & maintained | Enterprise Building Management System with Temperature, Access and Video Analytics for Capture & Control |
| Restrooms | Negative air pressure to toilets. | The restroom area has mechanical ventilation in order to provide negative air pressure? | Duct Modification and AHU / FCU Logic Retro Commission |
| Building Upkeep & Technical Maintenance | The openable window area in each occupied space is equivalent to 5% of the gross internal floor area of that room or floor plate. For room or floor plates between 7-15 m depth, the openable window area must be on opposite sides and evenly distributed across the area to promote adequate cross-ventilation. | Is the surface of the windows that can be opened at least 5% of the floor space of the respective room? | Civil modifications |
For surface and space treatment, we ensure:
- Spray Treatment on exposed surface of walls, furniture & other open surfaces
- Use of ASPEE pump with flat fan nozzle
- Extensive & complete sterilization of premises through cold fogging Usage of ASPEE Avenger or branded ULV cold fogger
- ULV or Cold Fogging equipment use large volumes of air at low pressure and transform liquid into droplets that are dispersed into the environment
- Droplet sizes are from 0 to 50 microns. Lesser the droplet size, lesser chemical and more area coverage
- Starts fogging from one end corner, moving backwards towards the entrance and closure