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Did you know your employees (and yourself) will spend approximately one-third of their life at work? Unless your office maintains a work-from-home policy that started in 2020 following COVID-19, your employees or tenants commute daily to the office. Knowing how much time they spend at work, whether it’s a standard office job from 9-5, an industrial job that’s a 10-hour shift, or a hospital with a 12-hour shift, your employees/tenants spend a lot of time at work.
With how long they spend at the workplace, it’s crucial to their health and safety for the air inside your commercial space to be clean and limited in the amount of allergens, dust, spores, and other contaminants.
Unfortunately, obtaining excellent indoor air quality and maintaining it can be challenging in a commercial setting, but it can done with the right practices and equipment. Keep reading to learn about some indoor air quality solutions for commercial spaces to make your commercial space a better work environment.
Impact of Poor Indoor Air Quality in a Commercial Space
No matter the office space or building you own and rent to tenants and business owners, it needs high-quality indoor air for their health and safety. Whether you own and operate a smaller office building with small businesses renting office space, a hospital with patients, nurses, and doctors treating patients, or a movie theater with patrons watching films, they breathe inside your building. Failing to obtain and maintain high-quality indoor air has several negative impacts.
For one, poor indoor air quality can exacerbate symptoms of those with chronic illnesses or allergies. Commercial spaces often have a lot of equipment and rooms that, unless properly cleaned, can harbor dust and allergens. Likewise, tenants and employees are also exposed to other air pollutants like cleaning materials, pesticides, formaldehyde, and dirty office HVAC systems. These pollutants cause or exacerbate allergies or chronic illnesses, causing frequent sneezing, difficulty breathing, and lethargy.
Next, poor indoor air quality can decrease productivity. If your employees or tenants feel sick from allergens or pollutants in the air, they won’t feel their best. When they don’t feel their best, productivity is significantly decreased. Symptoms like fatigue and brain fog are often present with poor indoor air quality, slowing down your business’s productivity and, in return, ROI.
Poor indoor air quality from a dirty office HVAC system can also increase the risk of employees getting sick. Germs spread quickly in an office setting, but with a dirty office HVAC system or air filter, germs may spread easily and quickly.
Solutions for Obtaining/Maintaining High Indoor Air Quality
Though poor indoor air quality can cost you, solutions exist and you can obtain and maintain high indoor air quality. Below are some steps you can take to improve the air quality inside your commercial space:
Keep Vents Clear
Vents disperse filtered cool air and heat throughout a building to maintain a comfortable temperature for your employees/tenants. Some employees/tenants accidentally block these vents with office furniture, storage shelves, printers/copiers, and other office equipment. Blocked vents can’t filter clean air in a room. Therefore, keeping them clear so air can pass freely is crucial to your employee’s/tenant’s health.
Add an Air Purification System
You might have an air purifier in your home to remove contaminants for your loved ones who suffer from allergies or other chronic illnesses, but have you considered installing an air purification system in your commercial building? Harmful pollutants like dander, dust, and pollen often find their way into our buildings and a quality air purification system can remove them.
Whether your commercial building is undergoing construction, is a hospital that treats patients, or is a restaurant that serves the public, you can benefit from an air purification system from Cates Heating and Cooling. We can install ActivePure Technology which is used by many local hotels, theatres, and other facilities to improve the air quality in your commercial building.
Improve Your Office HVAC System
Improving the HVAC system is the best way to achieve higher indoor air quality in your office space. Whether you own a historical building in downtown Kansas City or a small office building, installing a high-quality HVAC system drastically improves the indoor air quality inside your building. When all the parts of the HVAC system run smoothly and efficiently, the air is cleaner and your employees stay healthier.
Cates Heating and Cooling provides commercial heating and cooling services for commercial businesses in and around the Kansas City Metro area, from industrial manufacturing facilities to IT centers and everything in between. Our commercial HVAC systems will keep the air your employees breathe clean with routine preventative maintenance, air filter replacement, and whole system checks to ensure everything is working optimally.
At Cates Heating and Cooling, we also understand how important it is to be energy-efficient and sustainable, especially if you own or rent a commercial property. We offer many energy-efficient and sustainable HVAC technologies for commercial properties around Kansas City like hospitals, restaurants, theaters, factories, and more:
- Boilers
- Heat Pumps
- Electric/Geothermal Heating
- Smart HVAC Systems
- Zoned HVAC Systems
We’re family-owned and operated with expertly trained technicians who have provided exceptional service to all our customers for over 50 years. We service Kansas City and surrounding cities, including the following:
& more!
Our office services include heating, cooling, air quality, and energy-efficient solutions. Contact Cates with any questions or concerns about your HVAC system and how we can help!
