August 04, 2022 11:55 ET | Source: Camfil Air Filters - Canada Camfil Air Filters - Canada

Concord, ON L4K 3C8, Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Although 53% of Canadians believe that indoor air is as polluted as outdoor air, it can actually be as much as fifty times more polluted than outdoor air. Considering we spend as much as ninety percent of our time indoors, with many individuals spending sixty hours or more in our offices per week, the quality of the air we breathe is concerning.

Over the last few years, awareness of the dangers of outdoor and indoor air pollution has gradually risen. Recently more than ever, the public has become much more conscientious of the air they breathe due to the risk of respiratory virus transmission. Poor indoor air quality can affect the health, comfort, and productivity of office workers in buildings with poor air quality.

What Materials Are Considered Workplace Pollutants?

Some seemingly harmless workplace materials can contribute to poor indoor air quality.

What Are the Signs of Poor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)?

A multitude of negative health outcomes are associated with long-term exposure to polluted air. But short-term exposure to workplace pollutants can lead to unpleasant symptoms, which are sometimes referred to as sick building syndrome. These symptoms, which are a good indicator that you need to improve your building’s indoor air quality can include:

What Is the Difference Between Sick Building Syndrome and Building-Related Illness?

The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines sick building syndrome as when “building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a building.” Sick building syndrome involves symptoms such as an itchy throat, nose, and eyes, coughing and sneezing, headaches, and dizziness.

Building-related illness, on the other hand, refers to a specific, diagnosable illness that can be linked to a particular building or room. An example of a building-related illness is Legionnaires disease.

Combating Poor Indoor Air Quality in Commercial Office Buildings with High-Efficiency Air Filtration

Facilities managers can improve indoor air quality in office buildings by installing commercial high-efficiency air filters that target more than one type of pollutant:

Be sure to contact an experienced commercial building air filtration consultant to find the air filtration solutions that are right for your building.

About Camfil Clean Air Solutions

For more than half a century, Camfil has been helping people breathe cleaner air. As a leading manufacturer of premium clean air solutions, we provide commercial and industrial systems for air filtration and air pollution control that improve worker and equipment productivity, minimize energy use, and benefit human health and the environment. We firmly believe that the best solutions for our customers are the best solutions for our planet, too. That’s why every step of the way – from design to delivery and across the product life cycle – we consider the impact of what we do on people and on the world around us. Through a fresh approach to problem-solving, innovative design, precise process control, and a strong customer focus we aim to conserve more, use less and find better ways – so we can all breathe easier.

The Camfil Group is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has 31​ manufacturing sites, six R&D centers, local sales offices in 35+ countries, and about 5,200 employees and growing. We proudly serve and support customers in a wide variety of industries and in communities across the world. To discover how Camfil Canada can help you to protect people, processes and the environment, visit us at https://www.camfil.com/en-ca/

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