Covid-Safe Ventilation Of Buildings Vital For Return To Work

Covid-Safe Ventilation of Buildings As the ‘Lockdown’ is eased and staff return to workplaces there is an increased realisation of the need for adequate ventilation not only for worker and customer comfort, but also to minimise transmission of infectious diseases, including covid-19. Covid-Safe ventilation of buildings is now understood to be vital to getting economic productivity growing again. By ventilation, we mean the replacement of stale, and possible contaminated, air with fresh air from outside the building. Although Covid-19 is the current issue, it is the same with any airborne viral contaminant. The air in the building is a potential conduit for infection from the infected to the uninfected. Continuous fresh air supply has the effect of diluting the viral concentration in the air. Buildings that are not ventilated enable the viral concentration to build over time. Understanding that there is a need for Covid-Safe ventilation of buildings, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued Guidance on Ventilation and Air Conditioning during the Coronavirus outbreak which includes as its opening paragraphs......(follow the website link for full article).

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