The norovirus is a highly contagious virus that causes stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea. It is sometimes called the “stomach flu” and was first observed in 1972.7 Since then, it has been the subject of many studies and news reports due to its rapid onset and intense symptoms. A major concern related to the virus is the rate at which it can be transmitted from person to person.
Plasma Air International, a leading provider of commercial indoor air purification solutions, today announced that its bipolar ionization technology is now being used in Tachi Palace’s 30,000-square-foot Bingo Hall. The Bingo Hall — which allows patrons to smoke — will experience immediate IAQ benefits such as neutralized odors and a reduction of harmful toxins and particulate, without the use of fragrance or ozone.
Parents and teachers care deeply about our children’s education. Who doesn’t want them to have the most fruitful experience possible? One aspect of education that is often neglected is indoor air quality. Good air quality in schools can improve student performance significantly and it deserves as much attention as any item on a school planner’s agenda. Attendance, productivity, and other performance indicators are shaped by it. The consensus is clear — students and staff need clean air.
For commercial, institutional and industrial facilities attempting to maintain a healthy indoor air environment, ensuring regulatory compliance for outdoor air intake is a serious challenge that often results in wasted time and money. To help meet these standards and minimize the use of outdoor air, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides facility owners and operators with the Indoor Air Quality Procedure from Standard 62.1 that provides a series of complex equations designed to help reduce the minimum level of outside air intake.
More and more frequently, when the mercury rises past a certain level, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will issue an air quality alert, warning parents with children, the elderly and people with respiratory issues who are most at risk to avoid the outdoors. But unexpectedly soaring temperatures can still arrive during autumn and increasingly so, in some regions of the world, in November and December.
As polluted air engulfs the rural areas of the United Kingdom, excessive smog closes schools and construction sites in China, and wildfires in North America send pollution levels skyrocketing, the quality of the air we are currently breathing is deteriorating on a global level and posing a serious threat to our health. In fact, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), air pollution causes more than three million premature deaths annually around the world – a number that many experts expect to double in the next 35 years.
If you run an HVAC service, adding air purification to your list of services makes great business sense. Profit margins are significant, installation is quick, and – with air pollution problems on the rise everywhere – the market is huge. Almost every household can benefit from cleaner indoor air. One of the best options for homeowners to improve their indoor air quality (IAQ) is to have their HVAC contractor install PlasmaPURE right into their home’s duct system.
Fifty million people in the United States suffers from allergies. If it seems like you’ve been encountering more homeowners recently who have new allergies or complain that their allergy symptoms are getting worse, it’s not a coincidence.
The dangers of secondhand smoke are so well documented that indoor public smoking has nearly vanished. Clouds of tobacco toxins are typically boxed in—at cigar bars, casino smoking lounges, and designated hotel rooms—or banned completely, on school and business campuses.
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