HUMIDITY CONTROL HUMIDITY CONTROL
Humidity
matters: from product to people
No matter the environment, selecting the right humidifi cation unit is key to ensuring the health and wellbeing of occupants and the general public. Air quality, temperature and humidity also play an important role in supporting the preservation of items of special values and in the manufacturing of medical products. Andie Chessun, HygroMatik’s national sales manager and HVAC’s Humidity Group chairman, looks at what to consider when installing humidifi cation units for diff erent environments.
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nderstandably, the medical and pharmaceutical industries have to meet rigorous humidifi cation
standards. In order to ensure a quality product, a controllable air humidity is essential to the development and manufacturing process. To prevent contamination most medicines are manufactured in specially air-conditioned and humidifi ed clean rooms. Optimum humidity also infl uences the viscosity and usability of materials and the speed of chemical reactions. Moving from product to person, in hospitals and medical
facilities humidifi cation aff ects indoor climate, making it a building block for patient recovery.
Office and public places Similarly, humidity control in public places such as offi ces, schools and universities, shopping centres and spa and yoga environments can have a signifi cant impact on health and productivity. Take for example the offi ce environment. Here optimum humidity provides the ideal basis for a healthy climate. If we consider the 30.7 million working days lost to work-
related ill health in 2017/18, as identifi ed by Health and Safety Executive, the impact an unhealthy work atmosphere can have on productivity and the bottom line is clear.
This summer, the heatwave experienced
in the UK saw employees question how hot the workplace must get for it to be offi cially too hot to work. Without legally defi ned maximum or minimum temperature for
September 2019
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