Indoor Air Quality

HVAC filters

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

HVAC filters demand predicted to keep rising

The driving factor for growth market is increasing demand for HVAC systems and awareness around IAQ.
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Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

The new commercial office takes shape

Facility managers and BSCs are reassessing how they maintain safe office environments. Keeping best practices in mind is vital.
GBAC

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

GBAC publishes IAQ infection prevention strategy paper

The paper addresses several strategies for improving indoor air quality in facilities such as schools, restaurants, convention centres & gyms.
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Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Know your way around indoor air quality improvement

Controlling indoor air quality is vital to reducing infection risk and improving health and safety in any facility.
IAQ

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Home owners and builders lack awareness of IAQ health risks

After exposure to scientific findings, the number of homeowners who viewed their homes as somewhat or very unhealthy more than tripled.

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

How to manage winter cleaning in your facility

Winter can be a messy time for facilities, and it’s critical that facilities focus extra attention on cleaning for both appearance and health.
office cleaning

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Office cleaning costs and upgrades on the rise

The cost of office maintenance dropped significantly in the pandemic when workers went remote, but it's on the rise again.
Office IAQ best practices up for consultation

Canadian Property Management

Air filtration improvements in line for rebate

As announced in the federal Economic and Fiscal Update, small businesses could qualify for a refundable tax credit of up to $10,000 per project on qualifying investments in air filtration and HVAC systems.
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Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Study finds elevator fans fail to eliminate pathogens

The confined space inside an elevator cabin creates a large risk of transmission despite standard ventilation.
IAQ

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Braving the great indoors: IAQ solutions for higher education

It’s more important than ever to keep students, staff, and the community healthy.
IAQ

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

3 ways schools can address poor IAQ

Three steps that school administrators can take immediately at little or no added cost to help improve and protect the IAQ in their facilities.
GBAC

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

GBAC partners up with Allergy Standards

The partnership will educate ISSA members and GBAC STAR facilities and service providers on air quality.
HVAC

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Researchers find new way to detect coronavirus via HVAC

Researchers suggest that widely implementing building air sampling could allow earlier detection of the virus in shared spaces.
Executive Mat Service

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Better mats, lower carbon footprints

This ESG pursuit can take facility owners and managers in many different directions. That includes under one’s feet. For more insights, we reached out to Jeff Grabinsky, Vice President of Development & Sustainability with Executive Mat Service (EMS).
Green Seal

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Green Seal launches LEED-compliant certification

The paint certification meets LEED v4/4.1 criteria and qualifies products for Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly badge.
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Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Getting UV-C air purifier placement right

UV-C air purifiers are often installed correctly, and this can reduce their effectiveness by as much as 50%.
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REMI Network

How to provide healthy environments & meet climate goals

Three key lessons for making buildings energy- and carbon-efficient and healthy.