Case Study – Choice English School and Kindergarten
With Covid-19 and urgency for in-person class resumption, it was crucial to ascertain which indoor air factors are of concern and could potentially be contributing to airborne virus transmission.
With Covid-19 and urgency for in-person class resumption, it was crucial to ascertain which indoor air factors are of concern and could potentially be contributing to airborne virus transmission.
Shanghai Commercial Bank Tower (SCBT) is a grade A office building located in the core business area of Central. The 140,000 sq. ft. SCBT, comprising 24 levels of office space.
An indoor air quality monitoring system can hold the key to an easy WELL V2 certification. Air quality monitors, such as the Airthings Space Pro, track factors that affect the quality of your indoor air and let you know the moment your air is unsafe or unhealthy. Many of WELL V2’s Air Features can be accomplished with a few air quality monitoring tricks.
Highly rated Holy Cross Lutheran School district Tsuen Wan consists of 780 students in 28 classes with a student-teacher ratio of 1 to 2.29. Their focus on high quality education has always been their number one priority, so they sought to create a healthy environment, and enhance faculty and student performance and health.
RESET™, the world’s first sensor-based and performance-driven building standard and certification program, has officially certified Airthings Space Pro as one of its Accredited Grade B monitors.
People spend almost 90% of their life indoors, where the concentration of pollutants is often two to five times more toxic than our outdoor environment, and in some cases, this can exceed 100 times that of outdoor levels of the same pollutants.
There are a variety of certification programs that have a broad approach for determining building health, such as RESET™ and WELL™. For some projects, opting for a more focused certification will be financially beneficial and will help guarantee an indoor environment that promotes long-term occupant health. If these are concerns for your project, we’d recommend RESET™’s Air for Commercial Interiors Certification.
Outdoor air pollution is increasingly pervasive in our everyday lives. We inhale second-hand cigarette smoke, smell car exhaust fumes and receive air quality advice from local weather reports and new mobile applications. We know outdoor air pollution is harmful, but many of us don’t focus on the importance of indoor air quality and the impact it has on our lives. Indoor air quality (IAQ), is just as vital to our everyday lives and health, and the pollutants found indoors should concern us equally.
The coronavirus pandemic has raised huge concerns regarding workplace safety as many return to work. With continuous research being conducted, reports have stated the spread of COVID-19 through ducted HVAC systems shouldn’t be ruled out. There is, however, a way to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in your office space through this manner. This can be accomplished by installing an HVAC add-on device to purify indoor air with Bipolar Ionization.