indoor air Articles
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Indoor Air Quality In Schools
We all want our children to be safe. But there are some dangers-such as air pollution-that we simply can’t see. Air pollution in the classroom affects how children learn and harm their growing lungs. It also causes health problems for faculty and staff. Here’s how help ensure healthy air in schools where children learn and play. 5 Ways to Protect the Air Quality in Your Child’s ...
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Indoor Air Analysis - Zigbee
PPM Technolgy"s new IAQ profile monitor featured as part of the Telegesis ZigBee case ...
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Know the Air You’re Breathing
How concerned are you about your health? Have you ever tried to lose weight, eat healthy, and be active in order to prevent or eliminate any health risks? If so, you’ve left out one critical factor, AIR. Yes, you read it right; it’s the air that you breathe. All these factors contribute to your health and wellbeing. In order to be healthy, you need take control to eliminate or ...
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Chick-A-Fil-A - Fort Worth, Texas - Case Study
The owner of the former manufacturing site and the engineer understood the value of having a barrier with superior vapor resistance and a long standing track record to protect the indoor air quality of the ...
By CETCO
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Indoor Air Quality and Gases
Potentially hazardous gases is a critical issue in the workplace. Wireless technology provides means of monitoring and measuring toxic levels before health is at risk. ...
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Indoor Air Quality In Your Home
Concerned that the air in your home or workplace may be harming your health or someone else’s? Do a little digging to find the likely culprit. Walk through the building and ask a few questions to discover if the indoor air is causing a problem. Then learn more about potential sources of indoor air pollution. In your home Do health symptoms improve when you leave the building? Do they ...
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Taiwan Indoor Air Quality Management Act
On 8 November 2011, the Taiwanese Legislative Yuan passed the Indoor Air Quality Management Act making Taiwan the second nation after Korea to implement an indoor air quality management act. For accurate understanding of indoor air quality, it is advised to simultaneously monitor multiple indoor air quality parameters including gases, temperature and humidity. PPM Technology’s range of IAQ ...
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Most Common Indoor Air Pollutants
Is the indoor air you breathe healthy? According to the World Health Organization, 40% of all buildings pose a serious health hazard due to indoor air pollution. The EPA calls indoor air pollution the #1 pollution problem in America. What Are The Most Common Indoor Air Pollutants? While there are a number of factors that can create air quality problems in a building, here are 9 common air ...
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10 Commandments of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
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”. PPM Technology and our partners Hinds International have identified ‘10 ...
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Indoor air quality in primary schools
The indoor air quality (IAQ) in classrooms is expected to play a key role in the assessment of the effects of the children's personal exposure to air pollution since they spend on average 7–11 h per weekday at school. A statistical treatment was conducted over a database of indoor air parameters and the primary schools where these parameters were sampled (urban area of Lisbon, Portugal). The aim ...
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Why monitor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)?
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”. In order to accurately understand a building’s indoor air quality, it is ...
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Some types of common HVAC filters
HVAC filters are an important home component, the part of your HVAC system that removes any air impurities. With that in mind, it’s important to replace these filters regularly, especially if it’s been a while. You may be surprised to know that there are multiple types of HVAC air filters. It’s best to know as much about them as possible in order to make the best decision on ...
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Odor Investigations
What’s That Smell? Our sense of smell can be amazing and annoying at the same time. Many of us can detect certain odors that are annoying, bothersome, and can even make us sick. More importantly determining the source of the smell can drive us crazy! We come into contact with many scents all throughout our day. What happens if the odor is in our home or work environment where we spend a ...
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What is Indoor Air Quality and How Can You Improve It?
For the longest time, air quality was meant to refer to the quality of air circulating outdoors. However, indoor air or the air found inside and around homes and office buildings is just as important to pay attention to. Improving indoor air quality should be a priority for everyone. What is Indoor Air Quality? Indoor air quality is the quality of air found circulating inside and around home ...
By Filter Buy
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Differential impacts of smoke-free laws on indoor air quality
The authors assessed the impacts of two different smoke-free laws on indoor air quality. They compared the indoor air quality of 10 hospitality venues in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, before and after the smoke-free laws went into effect. Real-time measurements of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 µm or smaller (PM2.5) were made. One Lexington establishment was excluded ...
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The influence of possible definitions of a reference environment to determine the exergy of air in buildings
This paper critically analyses the influence of possible definitions of the standard state of air to determine the exergy of air in buildings. Three different contributions are considered related to differences in temperature, pressure, and humidity of air inside and outside the building envelope. The possibility to calculate the exergy of air in buildings, based on only one or two of these ...
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Chinese / Corrosive Drywall Update
A lot has happened in the field of Chinese (aka corrosive) drywall syndrome since this subject has surfaced. As we learn more about the conditions present in Chinese drywall affected buildings and have better understood the extent of change affecting materials within these buildings, our opinions on how to test for Chinese drywall and how to affect repairs have also evolved with this new ...
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Air-related symptoms no longer trouble in Seppo school - Case Study
Seppo School in Espoo, Southern Finland Elementary school for 1–6 grades, and an international school of Espoo 270 (430) pupils School premises built in 1964 Challenge The staff and pupils had been showing symptoms of poor indoor air quality for quite some time, such as itchy eyes, sneezing, and cough. The school had undergone major renovations and cleaning operations, but these ...
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Museums, galleries, libraries and archives are at risk from indoor pollutants.
Indoor Air Quality is a significant issue in libraries, museums and archival collections - due mainly to the fact that many compounds, as well as unsuitable temperature and humidity has a deteriorating effect on many valuable and precious items stored in these buildings. Air pollution can attack heritage materials. Museums, galleries, libraries and archives are all at risk. Deterioration is ...
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uHoo - Your First Step to Clean Air
They say your home is where the heart is. Just like the heart, the home needs a tracker to know whether it is healthy or not. The uHoo indoor air quality sensor acts like a fitness tracker for your home’s indoor air quality. It measures nine parameters – making it – making it the most advanced indoor air quality sensor – that measure temperature, humidity, particulate ...
By uHoo
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