Indoor air quality monitoring
The pandemic has drawn new attention to the health and safety impacts of indoor air quality. Occupants want to know that indoor air is clean and safe to reduce and prevent the spread of viruses. The return to buildings by workers will largely depend on the ability to mitigate the air quality and the willingness to communicate these actions and results to all stakeholders. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that individuals spend nearly 90% of their time indoors and that some pollutants are 2 to 5 times higher than outdoor levels and continue to rise with new construction materials and methods.
IAQ includes the air within and around the building and is typically tied to the health and comfort of the occupant. Concern for indoor air began long before the recent pandemic, with the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting that up to 30% of all buildings experienced poor IAQ in 1984. This was commonly referred to as Sick Building Syndrome...
