This document discusses problems with building downwash modeling in AERMOD and the need for improvements. It summarizes research showing that AERMOD significantly overpredicts concentrations for certain building types like wide and long buildings. Examples are given where AERMOD predictions were 10 times higher than actual observed levels. Short-term solutions like using equivalent building dimensions are proposed, but a next generation model is needed that fixes issues in AERMOD's building wake and turbulence calculations and incorporates current scientific understanding of building downwash. Collaboration between regulators and industry is suggested to develop an improved, verified downwash model.