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Building Services Engineering l January/February 2021
Making Buildings Healthier …
CONDAIR WHITEPAPER Humidity specialist Condair has released a new whitepaper entitled Making Buildings Healthier. It contains information on how building managers can protect occupant health with a holistic approach to controlling the indoor environment. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has focused public attention on the risks posed by viral transmission in buildings. Contributory factors known about for some time have now been placed centre stage, emphasising the influence that elements such as fresh air, temperature, minimum relative
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humidity and even sunlight have on the spread of viruses. The aim of Condair’s whitepaper is to provide an overview of these factors and promote dialogue between facility managers, system designers, users and health and safety officers, enabling the right package of health
protection measures to be considered. The whitepaper also includes a checklist so that readers can take stock of their building’s current situation, discover the extent to which their premises protect against the spread of infections, and identify where improvements can be made. Damien Power, Condair Technical Area Sales Manager, Ireland, commented: “The Condair Group is the world’s leading specialist on humidity control and for years we’ve collaborated with scientists and healthcare experts to understand and promote the importance of optimal humidity for health. Through this research we appreciate that humidity control is just one, but a decisive, weapon that can be used in the fight against respiratory infections. “Upgrading our built environment to better protect human health from the current COVID-19 and future potential pandemics, while not sacrificing the important gains we have made in energy efficiency, is the single largest challenge the HVAC industry will face in our lifetime. To achieve this objective, we must act as a sector to educate, cooperate and implement practical solutions as rapidly as possible. This whitepaper presents a clear and concise overview of the steps building operators can, and should, take to enhance occupant health. It recommends using a holistic, rather than a onesize-fits-all, approach to indoor environmental management.” Condair’s Making Buildings Healthier whitepaper can be downloaded from www.condair.ie/healthy-building Contact: Damien Power, Condair Technical Area Sales Manager, Ireland. Tel: 091 – 507 120; email: ie.sales@condair.com; www.condair.ie Q
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