Building Facts During COVID-19

Updated February 2021

To lower the risk of transmission in all spaces, the College will use CDC cleaning protocols, ventilation, lower density, relocate classroom and workspaces, and employ remote learning and work opportunities.

Occupancies Guidelines | Restrooms Reminders | Cleaning | Ventilation | Building-Specific Information

Occupancies Guidelines

All offices and rooms without central ventilation will have an occupancy of one person, meaning that only the principal occupant should spend time in these rooms and that meetings with other people should be conducted virtually or in another space that is adequately ventilated.
The occupancies of all classrooms and common spaces will be posted on each room and reservable space occupancies will be published in EMS.
All elevators are single occupancy.
All pantries/kitchenettes and break rooms shall be occupied by no more than one person at a time.
Additional building-specific occupancy guidance is included below.

Restrooms Reminders

Occupants should maintain a 6' separation or maintain a partition barrier while in the restroom.
One person at a time should be using the sink.
Wastebasket will be placed by the door to allow for the disposal of a paper towel used to open the door and exit after washing hands.

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Cleaning

The Housekeeping team has adopted cleaning and disinfection protocols that comply with guidelines from the CDC for preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Hand sanitizer will be located at the building entrance.
Restrooms and high touch surfaces will be cleaned twice daily by Housekeeping staff as needed based on occupancy.
Wipes will be provided to clean surfaces in classroom spaces by occupants.
Housekeeping will continue to clean offices. Office occupants will be responsible for their own desks and keyboards.
Central waste receptacles will be located in common areas to allow occupants to discard trash.
Housekeeping will continue to empty recycling cans located by an individual’s desk.
Cleaning supplies will be provided to each building to allow employees to clean their personal space and to clean areas of common use such as copiers and break areas after use. Cleaning supplies will come with instructions which should be followed. Building advocates will coordinate supply distribution.

Ventilation

There are a variety of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems throughout the Campus. They vary by building based on the date of construction and space use. See the building-specific information below. If you have any questions regarding individual buildings or spaces, please contact your Building Advocate or Nina Bisbee, Director of Facilities Services nbisbee@brynmawr.edu).

Facilities Services has employed multiple strategies to improve our buildings’ HVAC system to help address COVID-19 health concerns. One or more of the following strategies have been implemented: increase of outdoor air as feasible; increased ventilation rates as feasible; improved filtration and limiting occupancies commensurate with the capabilities of the systems.

The College has replaced and upgraded air filters. Ventilation system will be running at maximum capacities and for maximum duration based on weather conditions.

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Building-Specific Information

Benham Gateway Building

Ventilation: This building is served by a central system that provides outside air.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: The lower-level conference room and the Owl meeting room are reservable through EMS for meetings.
Building Advocate: Christine D’Ascenzo, 610-526-5154.

Bettws Y Coed

Ventilation: There are two different major HVAC system in this building. One system serves the original building and filters the air via fan coil units but does not introduce outside air. The second serves the addition which does provide both filtration and outside air. The list of rooms with no outside air includes: 100, 101, 102, 104, 108, 112, 114, 200, 201,203, 206, 211, 212, 213, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 307.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices except where staff and faculty are rotated over different days of occupancy. Occupancy for Mail/Copy room will be one person at a time. The occupancy of all labs will be determined by the COVID-19 officer and will be posted in each room. Graduate student lounge will be closed to students. Room 100 is designated for lecture capture.
Building Advocate: Ann Ogle, 610-526-5010.

Cambrian Row: Aelwyd

Ventilation: This building is served by a central system that provides outside air.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: Occupancy for the file/Copy room will be one person at a time. Occupancy of the Kosher Kitchen and the Halal Kitchen are closed until further notice.
Building Advocate: Ellie Esmond, 610-526-6591.

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Cambrian Row: Clynnoc

Ventilation: This building is served by a central system that provides outside air.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: Occupancy of the Kitchen is one person at a time for building occupants. The Kitchen will not be reservable for students until further notice.
Building Advocate: Ellie Esmond, 610-526-6591.

Cambrian Row: Dolwen

Ventilation: This building is served by a central system that provides outside air.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: Occupancy for the copy room will be one person at a time. The occupancy of the meeting room adjacent to the kitchen is three (no eating).
Building Advocate: Ellie Esmond, 610-526-6591.

Campus Center

Ventilation: The Campus Center is served by four air handling units that provide outside air and filtration. The fan coil units in individual offices also provide filtration.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: Room 105 will be used as the Café exit.

Canwyll

Ventilation: The heating cooling and ventilation system in this building does not provide adequate outside air ventilation so occupants may open windows.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices. The occupancies of all rooms will be one person. No more than two people should be in the Q Center on any given day and should occupy an office individually without sharing a space.

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Cartref

Ventilation: This building is not served by a central heating, ventilation and air conditioning system that provides outside air so occupants may open windows.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices other than those where staff is rotated so that only a single person is occupying the office on a given day. The occupancies of all rooms will be one person.
Building Advocate: Mary Ellen Gardner, 610-526-5258.

Dalton Hall

Ventilation: Dalton is served by a central heating, ventilation and air conditioning system that provides both filtration and outside air.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: Dalton 6 and 10 will be available for lecture capture. Dalton 20 will be set up as a virtual computer lab. The space will be physically closed, but the computers will be accessed by students remotely.
Building Advocate: Karen Sulpizio, 610-526-5030.

English House

Ventilation: English House is served by multiple heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems including several air handling units that provide outside air. The system that served the basement does not provide outside air. This level will not be used.
Building Advocate: Bryn Thompson, 610-526-5306.

Goodhart Hall

Ventilation: Goodhart is served by a mechanical HVAC system that provides outside air with the exception of the Arts Office (and storage rooms above) that have no outside air. The Main Theater is heated with outside air in the winter months. We will run the ventilation system year-round when in use, but there will be no air conditioning.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: The occupancy of the Arts Office will be one person. The McPherson Auditorium will be used as a classroom. Occupancy for the shop is a maximum of eight. The dressing rooms and flex room have a maximum occupancy of four each. Glass atrium has a maximum occupancy of 12 including up to nine people seated.
Building Advocate: Justin McDaniel, 610-526-5210.

Graduate School of Social Work

Ventilation: The lower level of the building is served by an air handling system that provides outside air to the following rooms: Computer Lab, G2, G3, G4, G7, and G8. All other spaces in the building are not served by a mechanical ventilation system with sufficient outside air and occupancies will be limited to one person.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices. The occupancies of all rooms other than rooms G1, G2, G3, G4, G7 and G8 will be one person. Rooms G3 and G4 are well ventilated and can be used for meetings, by reservation in EMS. Rooms G2, G7, and G8 are reserved as study and remote class space for students.
Building Advocate: Antoinette Harrison, 610-520-2612.

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Guild Hall

Ventilation: Guild Hall is served with a central mechanical system that provides outside air to all spaces with the exception of Deb Adler’s office. Deb Alder’s office is served with fan coil unit that provides filtration, but no outside air.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: Due to the size of the offices, it is recommended that there are no shared offices. Deb Alder’s office will have an occupancy of one person.
Building Advocate: Joann O'Doherty, 610-526-5377.

Helfarian

Ventilation: All rooms have filtration via the heat pumps in each space. These do not introduce fresh air from outside so occupants may open windows. The annex is served by a separate system that does provide outside air and filtration.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices. The occupancies of all rooms will be one person. The first-floor conference room will serve as circulation to the Kitchen only. The Annex will be occupied by no more than two people at a time.
Building Advocate: Rosemary McNulty, 610-526-5121.

Human Resources

Ventilation: This building is served by a central system that provides outside air.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: Occupancy for the copy room will be one person at a time.
Building Advocate: Mary Eldon, 610-526-5219.

Maloney Building

Ventilation: The heating cooling and ventilation system in this building does not provide adequate outside air ventilation so occupants may open windows.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices. The occupancies of all rooms will be one person. Occupancy of the “meeting room” shall be one person at a time.

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Old Library

Ventilation: There are three Major HVAC systems in Old Library and each works differently. The Great Hall and the spaces below the Great Hall are served by a central system that provides outside air and filtration to these spaces. In addition to the Great Hall the rooms that are served by this system include 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 110, 110A, 111, 116. The original system that covers the majority of the building including most of the offices provides heating and cooling by conditioning the air in each room without a ventilation system that provides sufficient outside air. The rooms served by this system have an occupancy of one person and include the entire lower level of Old Library (accept the study carols in room 11), and rooms 114, 115, 118, 120-131, 134-150, 204, 205, 209, 210, 212-224, 236-249, 251 and 252. The third system is the Carpenter library system that picks up a number of spaces in Old library and also provides outside air and filtration to those rooms including room 11, (collections rooms), 227-233, 235, and 301-311.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: All offices, as well as rooms listed as being served by the original system above, will have an occupancy of one person. Rooms that can be scheduled for such meetings in the EMS reservation system include: 102, 104, and 111. The Quita Woodward Room, the London Room and the languages lounge will be closed. The language lounge will be used as an office. The Graduate Lounge will be closed. Room 116 will be reserved for Graduate student use. Room 224 will be available as a lecture capture room for faculty to record remote classes.
Building Advocate: Oliva Cardona, 610-526-5198.

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Park Science Complex

Ventilation: There are a variety of systems throughout the Park Science complex that vary by wing based on the date of construction and even by room due to subsequent isolated upgrades.

Old Park Hall is generally served by a system that does not provide outside air including rooms 160, 163, 163A, 164, 165, 165A, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 261, 262, 263, 264, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, and 293. This also includes rooms 384, 367, 380, 381, 382, 383 (the reading Room), and 385 in the current Collier Library. Occupancy in these spaces is limited to one person.

The Physics/Math wing including the connection Old Park Hall is a combination of new systems installed for individual labs and in phase I of the Park Science Renovation project and older systems. The new central systems add outside air and provide filtration. The older systems recirculate the air in each and provide filtration in rooms that have individual fan coil units. The rooms served by these older systems have an occupancy of one person and include rooms 130, 131, 132, 133, 138, 138A, 138B, 139, 142, 148, 234, 237, 240, 328, 329, 330, 331, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 343A, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 348A, and 349.

The Biology wing including the connection to Old Park Hall is also served by multiple systems. Most of the systems in this wing provide outside air and filtration. The remaining areas of this wing that do not provide outside air and should be limited to single person occupancy include rooms 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3, 4, 5, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, and 229.

The Chemistry wing is served by a central system that provides 100% outside air with no recirculation of indoor air.

The new Atrium addition is served by a central system that provides outside air and filtration.

Rooms 100, 200 and 300 will be provided with a temporary system that will provide outside air to the space.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: The rooms listed above having no ventilation will have an occupancy of one person. Rooms that can be scheduled for such meetings in the EMS reservation system include: 252, 255, 336, 337, and 363C. The occupancy of the lab 160 will be two people for safety with masks and the occupancy of lab 163 will be two people with the hood in operation. The Collier Library reading room will be used for circulation to access the geology labs only. Room 229 and 278 will be designated as a lecture capture room for faculty to record remote classes. Rooms 139, 142, 227, 228, 234, 264, 328, 339, 349 and 384 will essentially be closed. Rooms 139, 142, and 264 will be used to store excess furniture. The other spaces can be managed by the departments for specialized single occupancy uses.
Building Advocate: Rich Willard, 610-526-7492.

Pensby Center

Ventilation: This building is served by a central system that provides outside air.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: Pensby living room is limited to an occupancy of six. Pensby conference room is limited to an occupancy of two. Pensby second floor workroom has an occupancy of three.
Building Advocate: Kathryn Melvin, 610-526-6592.

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Russian House

Ventilation: The heating cooling and ventilation system in this building does not provide outside air ventilation so occupants may open windows.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices. The occupancies of all rooms will be one person. No classes will convene in Russian House.
Building Advocate: Billie Jo Ember, 610-526-5187.

Schwartz Gym

Ventilation: The Schwartz Gym is served by several air handling units. Those that serve the pool, Gymm and fitness areas provide outside air. The pool does have HVAC challenges with respect to air circulation. The HVAC systems serving the locker rooms and coaching areas do not provide outside air and as a result, occupancies will be limited.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: The locker rooms will be closed and will remain unoccupied. The pool occupancy will be limited. A single locker room restroom per day may be available to the swimmers for emergencies. The training room is limited to an occupancy of two including the inner office and the training room itself. Most training activities will be conducted in the Gym. Individual offices will have an occupancy of one. The bull pen, the conference room, and the equipment/laundry room will each have an occupancy of one. The Gym will have a maximum occupancy limit of 50 based on the HVAC systems. However, based on weather conditions occupancies should be coordinated with the Facilities Department. The fitness area and multi-purpose room will not be occupied until further notice. Appropriate occupancies will be determined at that time.
Building Advocate: Courtney Morris, 610-526-7583.

Taylor Hall

Ventilation: All rooms have filtration via the heat pumps in each space. These do not introduce fresh air from outside so you may open windows if you want outside air. Classrooms D, E, F, G and the 2nd floor Seminar Room do have ventilation systems that provide outside air and may be used for multiple occupancy as permitted by the 6' distancing rule.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices. The occupancies of all rooms other than Classrooms D, E, F, G and the 2nd floor Seminar Room will be one person. The 2nd floor Seminar Room, which is well ventilated and will be used for meetings, can be reserved through The President’s Office.
Building Advocate: Erin Walsh, 610-526-5164.

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Wyndham Alumnae House

Ventilation: Wyndham has systems that provides outside air with the exception of the second floor of the “Alumnae House” so occupants may open windows. The “alumnae house” on the second floor of the restaurant addition does not have outside air and is served by fan coil units that provide filtration.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: There will be no shared offices. The occupancies of all rooms will be one person.
Building Advocate: Sarah Weinstein, 610-526-5127.

Wyndham

Ventilation: Wyndham has systems that provides outside air with the exception of the second floor of the “alumnae house” covered under a separate fact sheet.
Occupancies/Special Use Rooms: The Wyndham guest rooms will be reserved for student quarantine. The Wyndham Dining Room will be a distribution center for student take-out meals.
Building Advocate: Nancy Cassano-George, 610-526-5234.