Mejora de la calidad del aire en el lugar de trabajo hasta 75%

¿Son saludables los lugares de trabajo?

Con la pandemia llamando constantemente nuestra atención sobre la salud de nuestro lugar de trabajo, somos más conscientes de la limpieza de nuestras superficies, del espaciado físico de nuestros trabajadores y, lo que es más importante, la calidad del aire que respiramosmás que nunca. Adroit, una empresa de Nueva Zelanda, ha iniciado recientemente su colaboración con Libelium como distribuidor, por lo que aprovechó la oportunidad para monitorizar la calidad del aire en sus propias oficinas con el Entorno inteligente Solución Libelium. The results were shocking. “We couldn’t work out why most of us were feeling tired in the afternoon, and the place felt so stuffy,” says Adroit founder Ulrich Frerk. “We didn’t really understand how serious it was. Levels of CO2 were getting up to alrededor de 1.600 partes por millón por las tardes, and one day, it peaked at 1660, which is very, very high. At that level it can definitely cause drowsiness and sleepiness, or potentially cause serious health effects as well!” Adroit’s offices are a picture of modern tech business. A 1920s shoe factory converted into a clean white area, with high ceilings and polished concrete floor. It has plenty of space for the team to work in peace, collaborate in teams, or meet over the table tennis table. But what the Adroit team couldn’t see was that the sistema de aire acondicionado antiguo carecían de una importante entrada de aire fresco, por lo que respiran contaminantes atmosféricos potencialmente nocivos a lo largo del día.

Sensores Libelium para controlar la calidad del aire interior

"Instalamos un sensor de partículas de materia Libelium, medición de CO2, monóxido de carbono, partículas, dióxido nítrico y gases de ozono – all components of air quality at workplace standards (IAQ). We were measuring them on a 15-minute interval, so we were able to graph what was happening to the air over the timeline of the day. In the morning, we were fine since we started the day with CO2 at around 500 parts per million. But it got progressively worse as the day went on. As a tenant, you asume that the air conditioning vents to the outside, that it’s got good filters that get cleaned and maintained. However, the data pointed to a massive issue with building ventilation,” Ulrich said. When they decide to replace the air conditioning unit, they discovered that it had not the right ventilation. Once, resolved these basics of the indoor air quality, now, the average inside of the building is around 400 a 600 ppm a lo largo del día. Eso está muy por debajo de la norma neozelandesa, cualquier cosa por encima se considera gravemente insalubre.