ENERGY SAVING
AC gains clean bill of health
Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) has been widely reported on and linked to wide range of health problems. A clean air conditioning (AC) system can help improve IAQ, as well as increasing AC effi ciency. Andy Harvey from Advanced Engineering explains the benefi ts associated with a well- maintained AC system.
T
ake a deep breath. We cannot see dirty air but sometimes we can smell it. However, unless there is a nasty smell,
building owners can be unaware of the poor quality of air their employees are breathing in. Fortunately, research on air pollution is now raising awareness of the importance of the quality of air we breathe inside buildings as well as outside. In January 2019, the government launched its Clean Air Strategy, which sets out how it aims to tackle all sources of air pollution with IAQ a key part of this. The Clean Air Strategy follows on from a number of reports and documents outlining the importance of good IAQ and the risks associated with indoor air pollution. The Government White Paper ‘Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings’, published in October 2018, reported that poor IAQ costs the UK over 204,000 healthy life years, with 45% of those lost to cardiovascular diseases, 23% to asthma and allergy and 15% to lung cancer.
52 January 2020
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