Indoor Air Quality: An Invisible Threat
You may not be able to see the air in your building, but you can certainly feel its effects, both on the health of the occupants and on your bottom line. Many harmful pollutants are 2-5x times higher inside than outside, and the National Energy Management Institute considers 30% of all commercial buildings unhealthy according to a study. Is your building one of them?
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Indoor Air Quality
A healthy building meets ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) standards for ventilation and comfort during occupied times and 20% of the building’s occupants, or less, express dissatisfaction with the quality of the air. An unhealthy building does not meet ASHRAE standards and fields complaints of indoor air quality from more than 20% of its occupants. While there are shades of gray between healthy and unhealthy buildings, the health and safety of your building’s indoor air quality can amount to unhappy tenants, illness and consequently vacancies or excessive sick days. In addition, poor indoor air quality can be indicative of HVAC performance problems.
Preventing Poor Indoor Air Quality is Easier to Manage than Repair
At Airco Commercial Services, we recognize that it is far less expensive to prevent an indoor air quality problem than to fix one. Through the design and maintenance of HVAC systems, we proactively prevent breakdowns in your HVAC system’s performance that can lead to decreased indoor air quality.
The Benefits of a Proactive Approach
How Airco Commercial Services Can Help Improve Indoor Air Quality
As a member of the Linc Service™ network with over 20 years of expertise in the commercial HVAC industry, we can assess and recommend the appropriate methods for improving or protecting your building’s indoor air quality. We begin by examining the performance of your HVAC system and its ability to maintain temperature and humidity at comfortable levels. We then examine the ductwork and ventilation system to ensure they are not contributing to the delivery of indoor air quality contaminants. Lastly, we analyze the occupant contributions that can compromise air quality (like smoking and cleaning chemicals).
Contact Airco Commercial Services to provide a complete indoor air quality assessment for your building.
