You are invited to attend a workshop on:
Air Quality in Ice Arenas
Hosted by the Recreation Facilities Association of British Columbia (RFABC) Lower Mainland Zone.
Who: All RFABC members; Ice arena (and Parks & Recreation) Administrators, Managers and Operational Staff; Occupational Health and Safety Staff; Public Health Officials
When: Tuesday February 22, 2004
Where: Burnaby Winter Club –upstairs
4990 Canada Way
Burnaby
604-299-7788
Email:
How to get there: Heading East on Hwy #1 take exit 33 to Canada Way.
Turn right onto Canada Way; Turn right again into the
Burnaby Winter Club parking lot. If you are coming from
the West on Hwy #1, take the Kensington exit and turn left
onto Kensington before turning right onto Canada Way.
In order to give us indications of numbers attending please RSVP to:
Ron Booth, Moody Park Arena 604-525-5301 or email
Joyce Fordyce, Coquitlam Leisure and Parks 604-933-6060 or email
Air Quality in Ice Arenas
Tuesday February 22, 2004
Burnaby Winter Club
4990 Canada Way, Burnaby
Agenda
1. 9:00 – 9:30 AM
a. Coffee and networking
2. 9:30 – 9:40 AM
a. Introductions
b. Overview on what RFABC has done in past and why we are here today
3. 9:40 – 10:00 AM - What are the Health Issues? – Richard Taki
a. What gases are we concerned with?
b. What are symptoms of over-exposure?
c. Are there any standards?
d. How to minimize risk?
e. Questions?
Richard Taki is a Manager with Vancouver Coastal Health. The Environmental Health Officers work with Parks Boards and other arena operators to ensure a safe environment for facility users.
4. 10:05 – 10:30 AM - Ventilation in Ice Arenas - Ed Chessor
a. Why ventilatean ice arena?
b. Installing a good ventilation system
c. Including heat exchangers
d. Personal monitoring equipment
e. Setting up procedure to ensure ventilation is operating
f. Questions?
Ed Chessor is known to many of us from when he worked for the Workers Compensation Board. Ed is now a faculty member of the School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene at University of British Columbia and is also a consultant industrial ventilation engineer.
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5. 10:40 – 11:00 AM - Ice Resurfacers and Edgers – Wayne Aussem
a. Modifications to reduce emissions
b. Catalytic converter (2-way and 3-way) with fuel management system
c. Emissions testing, by whom, how often?
d. Routine maintenance and tune ups
e. Edger use, maintenance, catalytic converters
f. Questions?
Wayne Aussem is the President of North American Ice Development. He is presently the editor of the Rink magazine published in Boston for the North American arena industry.
6. 11:00 – 11:25 AM - Air Quality Testing Equipment – Bob Davidson
a. What gases to look for and where they come from?
b. What equipment is available for testing (continuous, wall mounts, hand held)
c. Pros and cons of each type of equipment
d. Calibrating equipment and frequency
e. Interferences when using equipment (other gasses, cold temperature, humidity)
f. Recording results and reacting to concerns.
g. Questions?
Bob Davidson, Sales & Marketing Manger, Critical Environment Tech. Critical Environment Technologies designs and manufactures gas detection instruments for a wide variety of hazardous gas and indoor air quality applications in the commercial, institutional, municipal and industrial markets. Many of these applications are for vehicle exhaust, but areas of specialization include refrigeration plants and arenas.
7. Closing remarks and thanks.
8. Please take the opportunity to view the equipment on display and speak with company representatives.