A new survey shows that more than 60 percent of workers worry the air in their workspace and offices is polluted. The survey, conducted by YouGov for Blueair, questioned 1,006 people in the United States from March 23-31, 2022, about pollution and indoor air quality. A total
Read more →With the risk of airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus established, homeowners and business owners seek to limit the spread of COVID indoors. This requires a combination of methods and guidelines including increased HVAC maintenance and social distancing. A recent air cleaner study recommends an additional tool
Read more →Pure Air Control Services is excited to announce the release of IAQ Guard 2.0. This managed indoor air quality monitoring platform utilizes hardware monitors placed throughout a building that take real time readings and send them to a cloud-based dashboard for reporting. In 2019 the first version
Read more →Work out in polluted air and you may miss out on some of the brain benefits of exercise, according to two, large-scale new studies of exercise, air quality and brain health. The studies, which involved tens of thousands of British men and women, found that, most of
Read more →Engineers, contractors, and facility owners have all received a tremendous amount of information within this past year regarding how to improve the air quality within their indoor environments. Some of this information comes from organizations such as ASHRAE, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
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The air quality within an office can have significant impacts on employees’ cognitive function, including response times and ability to focus, and it may also affect their productivity, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The one-year study, which included participants
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A new study shows the relationship between ventilation and viruses as well as between humidity and viruses. Using the Wells-Riley model helped researchers observe the effects of both humidity and ventilation on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The study, set for publication in November, is the result of a
Read more →Do you know what kind of qualifications a certified mold inspector should have to inspect, test, or clear your house of harmful molds to keep everyone safe within your home? It may seem crazy but some people sign up for online class, buy a sampling pump, some
Read more →One might think that rapid air changes would be a good way to dilute the SARs-CoV-2 virus and prevent its spread throughout a building. While this seems intuitive, new studies show this isn’t the case. In fact, rapid air changes spread the virus from the
Read more →Every day we take more than 3,000 gallons of air into our lungs. We do this with 12 to 15 breaths every minute which translates to roughly six million breaths per year. For this reason alone, we should care about the quality of the air
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