Indoor Air Quality Services for COVID-19 in Illinois

GREENANDSAVE Staff

Posted on Sunday 3rd January 2021
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for COVID-19 in Illinois

 

Purge Virus is pleased to provide these indoor air quality (IAQ Services) to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic and help increase safety and productivity for years to come beyond COVID-19 for businesses in Illinois. 

Allergens, chemicals, and volatile organic compounds are all around us from products we buy to furniture and interior finishes. With many workplace environments that have closed windows and central HVAC systems, we are vulnerable to “Sick Building Syndrome” (SBS). According to ASHRAE, the estimated productivity decrement caused by SBS symptoms has an annual cost of $60 billion. A 20-50% reduction in these symptoms, considered feasible and practical, would bring annual economic benefits of $10 billion to $30 billion.

Clean Indoor Air = Safety and Savings

ASHRAE Estimated potential productivity gains from improvements in indoor environments.

Reduced respiratory illness: 16 to 37 million avoided cases of common cold or influenza: $6 – $14 billion

Reduced allergies and asthma: 8% to 25% decrease in symptoms within 53 million allergy sufferers and 16 million asthmatics: $1 – $4 billion

Reduced sick building syndrome symptoms: 20% to 50% reduction in SBS health symptoms experienced frequently at work by approximately 15 million workers: $10 – $30 billion

Improved worker performance from changes in thermal environment and lighting (beyond SBS): $20 – $160 billion

IAQ Services offered by Purge Virus include IAQ Assessment, IAQ Site Visit, PTAC Units, Mini Split Systems, and Ceiling Cassettes. These services will help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and promote Indoor Air Quality for businesses in Illinois. 

For more news on COVID-19 in Illinois: Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Chicago to Open New Vaccination Site, State Surpasses 16K Deaths

“Chicago's top health official will receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday as the city launches a new vaccination site for health care workers.

Meanwhile, Illinois officials are preparing to pay out new unemployment benefit funds authorized by the COVID-19 relief bill signed into law over the weekend.

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic across the state of Illinois today (Dec. 29):

Chicago Public Schools Releases New Details on Reopening Plan

Chicago Public Schools released new details for its reopening plan in the new year as the coronavirus pandemic continues, aiming to bring in students as soon as Jan. 11.

For staff members who applied for non-medical accommodations as students begin to return, CPS said the district is providing additional supports such as COVID-19 testing and launching a process to ensure employees who serve as primary caregivers for high-risk household members are granted accommodations.”

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