indoor air Articles
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`Green Buildings` can lead to problems with Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
In striving to construct energy-efficient, cost-effective buildings, the imperative issue of their indoor air quality (IAQ) is often overlooked. This can lead to an unhealthy indoor environment and to conditions such as sick building syndrome (SBS) or other building related illnesses (BRI). In the past few decades, energy conservation measures have led to airtight building construction that can ...
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A mathematical modelling of the intensity of contaminants (CO2) on occupancy level of a space in continuous use
This study investigates the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) of a room apartment and focused on the number of occupants that a space or an apartment can accommodate as a result of increase in the concentration level of the CO2 contaminant present within the space. The law of mass action was applied to generate a relation between the concentration of CO2 produced and the concentration of the reactants ...
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Smog and Lemons - Discovering Indoor Air
Untitled Document Recent studies suggest that chemical reactions may be an important determinant of indoor air quality. This article describes the role that chemistry plays in degrading indoor air quality and provides guidance to homeowners and commercial building managers on how to prevent indoor chemistry from polluting the air they breathe. It is becoming ...
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Clean Air in Buildings Challenge
Guidance to Help Building Owners and Operators Improve Indoor Air Quality and Protect Public Health The “Clean Air in Buildings Challenge” is a call to action and a set of guiding principles and best practices to assist building owners and operators with reducing risks from airborne viruses and other contaminants indoors. The Clean Air in Buildings Challenge highlights a range of ...
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What is Indoor Air Quality?
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to the degree of air purity inside buildings that constitute the usual environment in which people carry out activities (offices, homes, schools, shopping and leisure centres, etc.) Because of increasing urbanisation and our contemporary lifestyle, most people spend a large proportion of their time in these closed environments. The high level of atmospheric ...
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Six Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality Now
Air quality is an important issue to anyone’s health, and many people don’t realize that their health issues and illnesses could be significantly diminished if their air quality was improved. There is much scientific evidence to suggest that the indoor air can be more polluted than the air outdoors, even in industrialized areas. When people spend eight or more hours a day in the same ...
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An ambient indoor air environment is vital to ensure a safe and healthy workplace
Indoor air quality (IAQ) relates to a number of environmental factors inside a building that can impinge on the health, comfort, or work performance of the building’s occupants. Monitoring IAQ is vital because it is estimated that the average person spends 90% of their time breathing “indoor air”. Poor IAQ is a contributing factor to both short and long-term health issues, ...
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Simple Changes That Improve Indoor Air Quality
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) has a massive impact on the health of the occupants. Poorly ventilated spaces can lead to Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). Dust and indoor air particles can trigger respiratory problems, asthma and other health issues. The amount of time people spend indoors has increased over the years. Particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic with restrictions on outdoors movement and ...
By AKCP
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`Green Buildings` can create problems with IAQ
The recent trend towards energy conservation measures have in some cases led to airtight building construction that can often create problems with Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). Some 'green buildings' (also known as ‘green construction’ and ‘sustainable buildings’) have ignored the issue of IAQ in pursuit of energy saving measures. Ventilation systems are set to minimize the ...
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Wildfire Smoke and Maintaining Indoor Air Quality
Summary Wildfires have emerged from a localized nuisance to an annual problem that affects millions. They generate a wide range of gas phase and particulate contaminants. The smoke composition varies based on the heat and relative completeness of the combustion and the great variety of material that can burn in the path of a wildfire. Wildfire smoke changes rapidly and significantly with time ...
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Types of Air Pollutants
Indoor air quality is vital to human health. Having high-quality indoor air helps humans live, breathe and work better. However, many common air contaminants can make their way into indoor environments, putting occupants at risk of both short- and long-term health effects. This guide to the types of air pollutants will help educate professionals on the sources of air pollutants that may ...
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Manufacturing industries heavily impacted by indoor air quality challenges
Employees who don’t work in an industrial profession probably take indoor air quality for granted. But without clean air, CNC machining, stamping, cutting, grinding, welding, and coating processes pose serious health risks for employees. Illness-related lost man-hours and rampant turnover can devastate a shop floor production schedule. Here are just a few manufacturing industries who face ...
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5 Things You Probably Didnt Know About Indoor Air Quality
Did you know that air fresheners, candles, furniture, carpets & many other items create indoor air pollutants and are a health risk says Camfil Air Filtration Experts! When you mention air pollution, most people automatically think of smog around cities and factories, or millions of cars racing from one place to another leaving trails of fumes behind them as they go. As dangerous as outdoor ...
By Camfil Ltd
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Indoor Air Quality and Hazardous Gas Detection
Indoor air contaminants come in a variety of forms and originate from multiple sources. Interactions between building materials and furnishings, activities and equipment inside the building, internal temperature and relative humidity, filtration and ventilation system operations, climate and building occupants all contribute to the indoor air quality (IAQ) in commercial, industrial, residential ...
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10 easy fixes for indoor air
Colder temperatures are upon us, and most people keep windows and doors shut to keep the chill out. But in closed-off rooms and homes, indoor air contaminants build up over time. The problem? Poor air quality has been linked to health effects in everyone, especially infants, children, seniors and pets. We listed 10 easy ways to improve IAQ. 1. Open windows regularly Even if it gets very ...
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Safety first
Particulates and toxins need to be removed from the air before recirculation can occur. Shops that finish parts with a painting or coating process have been aware of the airborne dangers for many years. And, although lead-based paints are a thing of the past, other dangers still exist. Nearly every manufacturing business that requires a coating to be applied to it‘s products—whether ...
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How Does Poor Air Quality Affect Your Health?
Sometimes, the things that harm your health the most aren’t entirely visible. They could be present for years without you even realizing it! This is exactly the case with poor air quality, especially air contaminated with pollutants, a problem that plagues 9 of 10 people on earth. There are a wide variety of health problems caused by air pollution and poor air quality. Keep reading to ...
By Airfree
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4 Signs Of Poor Indoor Air Quality To Watch For
The quality of indoor air is something most of us take for granted. Unless there is something very specific and unusual going on around us, like heavy cleaning or maybe new construction, we don’t often think about whether or not there is anything wrong with the air we breathe as we go about our daily business. The truth is, though, that indoor air quality is often worse than outdoors. Poor ...
By Camfil Ltd
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Wireless monitoring for a safe indoor environment
This article discusses the benefits of wireless technology for continously monitoring the indoor environment. In striving for the construction of energy efficient and cost-effective buildings, the imperative issue of the buildings Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is often overlooked. This can often lead to a unhealthy indoor environment and even to conditions such as Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) or ...
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Addressing your industrial indoor air quality questions
Modular air filtration empowers factory workers to focus on their task at hand — free from indoor air quality (IAQ) concerns and unencumbered by clunky PPE equipment. There’s also the added benefit of keeping OSHA and other compliance watch dogs at bay. But, what are the specific IAQ requirements under OSHA? What bottom-line benefits does industrial air filtration offer OEMs? And ...
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