Office Use
A recent World Health Organization report suggests that up to 30% of new and remodelled commercial buildings may have issues relating to indoor air quality. The concentration of contaminants in these buildings, which in some cases have accumulated for years, can severely affect your health. These adverse health effects are sometimes referred to as Sick Building Syndrome (SBS).
Even if you work in what seems to be a relatively clean environment, you may still be exposed to numerous indoor air pollutants from the following:
- Working in an old building (may contain mould spores)
- Poorly filtered air handling systems (may pour out allergens and irritants)
- Walls, carpets and furniture (can emit chemicals such as formaldehyde)
- Photocopiers and other electrical equipment (can produce ozone)
- Fluorescent lighting (may produce photochemical smog)
- Moist plant soils (ideal breeding grounds for bacteria)
- Inadequate cleaning services (poor vacuuming with ineffective equipment)
- Underground parking facilities (carbon monoxide from vehicles can be sucked into air intakes and circulated throughout the building)
In an open office environment, the potential for allergy particles in the air, plus virus and bacteria transfer among people, is very high. In addition, people with dust allergies and sensitivities to odours such as perfume can suffer immensely throughout the work day.
You can protect your personal air space by using a small, quiet air purifier at your work station or in your office (e.g., AllerAir AirTube Jr., AllerAir AirTube Exec or Austin Air HealthMate Jr. HM 200). By keeping the air cleaner on, you actually maintain a protected area or “bubble” around you, where contaminants have difficulty entering because clean air is continuously being pushed out into your work space.
By using an air purifier from Modern Alchemy Air Purifiers at your workplace, you can improve your health, comfort, concentration, energy level, productivity and general well-being.
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