Air Quality in Schools - Facts & Solutions | Toni Riddock, Vybra
According to the WHO (World Health Organisation), the combined effects of outdoor and household air pollution causes about seven million premature deaths every year. Largely because of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. Their data shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits containing high levels of pollutants.
Key elements for good air quality in a
school building (Mark Benden, director of the Ergonomics Center at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health)
• Natural Air - “the more natural the better. The ideal scenario would be a 72-degree day with windows fully open, which would mean the indoor air is essentially indistinguishable from the outdoor air.”
• Recirculated Air - “if the air is being pulled away from us very rapidly, greater than six times per hour, we don’t have very much chance to breathe the same air”
• Filtered Air - “the faster the indoor air gets pushed through a strong filter, the less likely it will be that someone will breathe in viral particles from another infected person in the same room.”
Schools have a responsibility to understand the problem and do what they can to tackle it, not ignore it.
At Vybra, we want to help ensure that everyone on a school’s premises can breathe clean, healthy air - for the well-being of pupils, staff and visitors.
Why clean air is so important
• COVID-19 particles can live in the air for up to 3 hours • More ventilation and air filtration can cut down the number of airborne particles that linger when an infected person coughs or exhales indoors
• Airborne infection is 15 to 20 times more likely to occur indoors than outdoors, meaning pupils, teachers and visitors are at huge risk
• School children are still at risk of being carriers
A good quality air purifier will filter allergens and dust mites, skin flakes, and other particles that can trigger, or seriously aggravate, allergies and asthma in many students.
One study found that by improving their schools’ air quality, the test scores for students went up.
Tackling Air Pollution in Schools Vybra Solutions
Vybra is the UK distributor of the WINIX ZERO Pro. An extremely powerful and fully automatic air purifier that
cleans indoor air environment from allergies, fine dust (PM2.5), pollen, mould spores, viruses, bacteria, VOCs and odours for rooms of up to 120 m2.
The WINIX ZERO Pro has a Dual Sensor technology and 5-stage air purifier filtration system, a washable pre-filter,
It’s worth noting that the “HEPA” (high-efficiency particulate air) filter is most commonly found in the air systems of hospitals and airplanes and can, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, “theoretically remove at least 99.97% of dust, pollen, mould, bacteria, and any airborne particles with a size of 0.3 microns”. The Dual Sensor technology of the WINIX ZERO Pro air purifier ensures that it responds fully automatically to both the presence of particles and odours.
washable active carbon filter, an antimicrobial True HEPA filter and the unique WINIX PlasmaWave technology, which creates Hydroxyl molecules that neutralises viruses, bacteria and gases in a natural way and no harm to the ozone layer.
Please call or email Vybra Solutions today for information on the WINIX ZERO Pro, or any of our products
vybrasolutions.co.uk
sales@vybrasolutions.co.uk 0330 100 5206
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