Ventilation in an office
The most valuable resource in any sphere is people. There is a simple rule of success in any business:
If you want to increase productivity of your personnel, create comfortable working conditions for your people.
Ventilation in an office is a matter of priority in arranging appropriate working conditions!
As for today, there are a lot of factors which can negatively influence ventilation of offices:
Air-proof plastic windows do not let fresh air inside and do not let exhausted air outside.
That is why we have to open windows from time to time and ventilate the premises. Thus, together with fresh air dust, noise and exhaust gases get inside the office (as very often offices are located next to the motorways). Moreover, in winter you lose precious heat and you will have to pay more for heating. If an office is very crowded, then windows must be open during almost the whole working day in order to get sufficient amount of fresh air (20-30m3/h per one person).
Offices often have “dead” windows which cannot be opened at all.
This is another ventilation problem in modern offices. Floor-to-ceiling windows are amazing and they let a lot of light inside, but very often they are “dead”. In fact, such premises become thermos bottles and you will not do without a recuperator or other forced ventilation.
Personnel get sick without correct ventilation.
If you do not install ventilation, CO2 level increases dramatically. It becomes uncomfortable and stuffy in an office, personnel productivity decreases considerably and workers get tired, concentration and attention are reduced.
Office equipment, furniture and finishing materials also pollute the air.
All additional elements in offices, such as office equipment, furniture and so on, constantly emit harmful substances, for example, formaldehyde. If a premise is ventilated regularly, it will not be noticed for the health and comfort of personnel. In closed premises harmful substances are accumulated and bacteria and viruses are quickly distributed. In offices, where the premises are not ventilated, employees get sick more often. And this poses additional running costs for an employer.
That is why productivity in any company and working capacity of personnel directly depend on office ventilation.
Intake-extract ventilation with heat recuperation is the best solution in ventilation of offices.
Correct ventilation will provide constant supply of fresh air and removal of exhaust air. Due to recuperation, intake air in an office will always be of comfortable temperature: in winter – heated up and in summer – cooled down. Prana recuperators have a wide model line for different types of premises, with a wide range of air exchange and efficiency factor up to 93%.
Do you know where to buy a PRANA recuperator? Our specialists are ready to provide some advice, to calculate a price and to recommend the best designing solution.
