Regular Duct Cleaning Schedules Can Show That You Value Employees, Especially The Allergy Sufferers

Although employers have a duty of responsibility to their building's occupants under

Health and Safety employees will appreciate them for taking extra care of the air quality, especially if they suffer from allergies.

Who has not empathised with a colleague struggling to work during the annual hay fever season?

Air conditioning in the building may help them immensely but it also helps people who suffer from dust and other allergies and asthma.

But any ducted air system in a building, whether it's for heating or air conditioning, usually involves air being circulated in what's effectively a closed and sealed system, so it needs to be kept in good condition.

The efficienty of a duct system can be affected by the quantity of the dust particles, bacteria, moulds, excess moisture and fibres that all collect in them. If it's not kept clean they will build up over time.

Mould and mildew thrive in dark, dank places like duct systems, where they release microscopic spores that people inhale.

Dust is actually an assortment of minute particles of bug fragments, mould spores, bits of plastic and can be a particular menace in the winter, when windows and doors are kept closed.

It's a perfect environment for dust mites, insects that live in dust and are the cause of the allergy symptoms like runny eyes, blocked noses and itchy skins that make it so hard for people to concentrate.

Maintaining the quality of the air circulating in your building by having a regular schedule of air duct inspection and duct cleaning, therefore, can help your employees feel valued and if they're not struggling with irritated eyes or a runny nose they're more likely to perform better.

If a sufferer finds that their symptoms clear when they're away from the building for a few days then it's likely that the ducting in the building is contributing to their problems.

It makes sense to help people stay alert, awake and able to perform to the best of their ability when you consider that they spend a large proportion of their waking day in their work environment.

It's not only an issue for offices; places of work where performance is important also include hospitals, clinics, and schools.

Work in all these places sometimes can be stressful because they are all "customer-facing" environments, so it's obviously important that staff can maintain a calm, helpful and professional persona.

In a commercial environment this could have implications for your organisation's profit and performance, in other public buildings it's more about their good name and reputation.

There are, however, other reasons why maintiaining and regularly cleaning duct systems can affect profitability.

If you have a system that's not performing with maximum efficiency, it could be contributing to your energy costs so a regular maintenance and cleaning schedule can help you keep your overheads under control.

Having records showing regular maintenance and cleaning to keep duct systems working at peak efficiency are also important for demonstrating concern for the environment.

Investment in regular duct maintenance and cleaning therefore makes sound commercial sense.

Copyright (c) 2010 Alison Withers

by: Alison Withers

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