Resolving Indoor Air Quality Issues In Schools
As schools begin to slowly reopen, stricter measures are now being implemented to protect students, teachers, and staff from the threats of the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes making improvements to indoor air quality. In fact, the European government recently developed a law mandating schools and educational institutions to adopt carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring solutions to […]
Indoor Air Quality and Legionnaires’ Disease: What’s the Connection?
Poor workplace indoor air quality has been tied to numerous health problems. These problems include occupational asthma, bronchitis, lung cancer, and allergies which can negatively affect employees’ productivity, cognition, and work performance. But have you ever heard of Legionnaires’ disease? What is Legionnaires’ disease? Legionnaires’ disease is a form of pneumonia, but a more severe […]
Do You Really Need to Publicize Your Organization’s Air Quality Data?
Yearly, about 3.8 million people succumb to diseases linked to indoor air pollution. This serious number of fatalities is greatly significant in a world that’s still coping from the negative impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, where most business operations ceased and almost all people were forced to stay indoors. But now that the COVID-19 restrictions […]
Why And How Do We Improve Indoor Air Quality In Theaters and Cinema Halls?
Watching movies is one of the greatest community entertainment experiences, with approximately 200,000 screens around the world which contribute to billions of revenue for the global film industry. However, cinema halls and movie theaters suffered a major blow during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. The impact of the said health and economic catastrophe on […]
Know What’s In Your Air With An Indoor Air Quality Monitor
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency or EPA, the air that we breathe indoors can be 2 to 5 times or even 100 times worse than what we breathe outdoors. Knowing that we spend 90% of our time indoors makes our risk of experiencing asthma, bronchitis, allergies, and other air pollution-related ailments much higher. […]
uHoo and Pi Energy Forge a Partnership to Bring Health, Energy Savings and Sustainability to Organizations in the Philippines
To fulfill its energy efficiency and environmental conservation objectives, Pi Energy, Inc., an affiliate of First Philippine Holdings (FPH) and a Lopez-led energy solutions provider, announces its partnership with uHoo, a Filipino-founded climate tech scale-up that focuses on developing indoor environmental monitoring technology for homes and businesses. This partnership focuses on contributing to a fully-decarbonized […]
Everything You Need To Know About The VOCs In Your Office
A lot of factors need to be considered when creating a healthy work environment. Aside from crafting a good workplace culture and team communication, environmental aspects like indoor air quality (IAQ) that affect occupational health and safety also need to be prioritized. If you’re making efforts to improve your office building’s indoor air quality, you […]
WEBINAR WRAP-UP: The ‘S’ in ESG: Addressing Social Factors For Your Sustainability Agenda
What does the ‘S’ in ESG mean? Why should organizations care about societal issues and challenges? Two expert speakers taking part in our recent webinar described what the Social pillar in ESG really means, its importance, and its role in helping organizations increase their sustainability performance. The Increasing Importance Of Addressing The Social Factor In […]
Is your Building Future Proof and Pandemic-Ready?
By the beginning of the year 2020, the most lethal health crisis of the 21st century transpired – it claimed millions of lives, caused horrendous suffering, forced businesses to shut down and the economies to collapse. One sad fact is, it is not yet over. The coronavirus pandemic or COVID-19 is not the last one. […]
Resolving Indoor Air Quality Issues in Hotels
Making sure that all guests are satisfied is the primary goal of all hotel owners, this is why many of them are exploring possible opportunities and are providing special perks to satisfy the needs of the people staying in their place. Business will run well if guests are happy and everything is tidy and […]