Commercial and Private Building Services
Maintaining the health of a building’s indoor environment is fundamental to maintaining the health and well-being of its occupants. The ambient air building occupants breathe should be safe and healthful to ensure comfort, health and well-being while they work safely, efficiently and worry-free.
OEHS professionals provide clients with sophisticated and up to date indoor air quality (IAQ) services consulting, analytical sampling, testing, and risk management solutions.
OEHS professionals will complete a thorough audit of the building’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, including assessment of system configuration, analysis of hourly air change rates (ACH), evaluation of filtration efficiency and capability (based on Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) ratings), and inspection of system air supply and exhaust.
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Sick Building Syndrome: When occupants or their physicians associate poor health to time spent within a building without identifying a specific illness.
What are common indoor air pollutants?
Common complaints of indoor air pollutants that can directly affect occupant comfort, health and productivity which contribute to poor indoor environmental air quality, create health concerns and questions. These can include microbiological pollutants, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), lead (Pb), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), indoor particulate matter, asbestos, and fungal organisms. Sick building syndrome claims arise in situations where building occupants experience health effects they or their physicians associate time spent within a building environment/building without the identification of a specific illness.
Ventilation Assessments and Engineering Solutions
Complete a thorough audit of the building’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system performance including assessment of system configuration, analysis of hourly air change rates (ACH), evaluation of filtration efficiency and capability (based on Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) ratings), and inspection of system air supply and exhaust.
OEHS can confirm building ventilation and Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) performance in reducing indoor air pollutants to upgrade and improve indoor air quality using safe monitoring methodologies. We will test areas where additional filtration or dilution ventilation may be needed to further reduce indoor air pollutants.
Odor Investigations
OEHS can negate occupant susceptibility to varying odors and pollutant concentrations, through the evaluation of possible indoor and outdoor environmental odor sources, collecting real-time measurements for common air pollutants (e.g., VOCs, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), and determining the magnitude of possible pollutants in relation to documented odor thresholds
Occupant Comfort Assessments
OEHS can measure and evaluate building occupant comfort parameters, including relative humidity, air temperature, carbon dioxide and air velocity. We will compare results to best practice guidance from governmental and professional organizations such as the USEPA and ASHRAE.
Microbial Investigations
OEHS can determine compliance with Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This is accomplished through observations and the collection of ambient and building materials moisture information using state-of-the-art moisture detection equipment, and analytical airborne and surface samples. This data is beneficial when conducting mold investigations, developing remediation protocols and providing recommendations based on findings.
Benefits of Indoor Air Quality Testing
The occupational and residential indoor environment has numerous different building arrangements and ventilation designs based on user preference and purpose. Some of the building designs may be found to be inadequately ventilated. Evaluating, validating and improving the ventilation and indoor air quality of buildings can have a number of long-term benefits including:
- Improved occupant comfort and health
- Identification and elimination of allergens
- Reduced company risk and liability
- Reduced risk of infectious disease spread
- Improved productivity and employee
- Elimination of odors
- Lower operating costs by increasing efficiency.
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Healthy building, healthy employees: Contact OEHS to schedule an indoor air quality assessment in your facility. Contact us to get started.