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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 Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
For more news on COVID-19 in Massachusetts: Coronavirus vaccine rollout: Charlie Baker, senior advocates rip pols who ‘cut the line’ for a shot
“Congressional staffers and others who ‘cut the line’ ahead of high-risk essential workers and vulnerable seniors were called out by Gov. Charlie Baker for their vaccine piggishness.
‘I don’t understand why a lot of the people who cut the line, cut it,’ Baker said in response to a Herald reporter’s question at a Wednesday press conference. ‘I just don’t.’
‘It doesn’t make any sense to me, and I think it’s inconsistent with the message we’ve all tried to send on this, which is while we recognize and understand everyone would like to be vaccinated today, there are some people who are at a far higher risk,’ he said, adding that those individuals should be prioritized.”
