Hosts: Saul Alvarado, Vice President, Facilities at E&amp;I and David Manz, Business Development Manager, Facilities at E&amp;I Guest: Kirk Steward, National Product Manager at Sunbelt Rentals The need for good indoor air quality (IAQ) has been a topic for years, but COVID-19 significantly exposed deficiencies, challenges, and concerns surrounding IAQ. Now, with facilities teams around the world discussing how to better clean their air, this area of facilities maintenance is more important than ever. In this first episode, Saul and David chat with Kirk Steward from Sunbelt about supply chain, buying versus renting equipment, and the types of products that are available -- and how to choose through the noise. Relevant Links:<ul><li>American Society of Heating, Refrigerating &amp; Air-Conditioning Engineers (<a href='https://www.ashrae.org/'>ASHRAE</a>)</li><li>Centers for Disease Control &amp; Prevention (CDC) <a href='https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/indoorenv/default.html'>Indoor Environmental Quality</a></li><li>Indoor air quality solutions from <a href='https://www.sunbeltrentals.com/facility-cleaning-and-disinfecting/air-quality/'>Sunbelt Rentals</a></li><li>Education equipment solutions from <a href='https://www.sunbeltrentals.com/industries/educational-facility-equipment/'>Sunbelt Rentals</a></li><li>E&amp;I&apos;s competitively solicited contract with <a href='https://www.eandi.org/contracts/sunbelt-rentals'>Sunbelt Rentals</a></li></ul>

Welcome to Cooperatively Speaking, a podcast by E&I Cooperative Services, the only member-owned, nonprofit procurement cooperative focused exclusively on education. Each episode, we discuss the topics most important to procurement and end-users at schools and universities. Find out more at www.eandi.org/podcast.