subject: Ensure Excellent Indoor Air Quality In Schools, Nurseries [print this page] If we want our children to learn and grow in healthy environments, improving indoor air quality in our schools and nurseries is incredibly important. Because of their small size, children are more vulnerable to environmental hazards like mold, mildew, airborne allergens, and so forth. More importantly, children breathe in more air relative to their body size than adults. That means they breathe in more airborne allergens and pollutants than adults, so that they are more acutely affected when indoor air quality is poor.
As a result, there is a near epidemic of asthma in children in many regions, including Dubai. Many things contribute to this problem, making it critically important for officials in nurseries and schools to remain educated about the issues of indoor air quality, asthma, and air testing.
Why Indoor Air Quality is so Critically Important for our Childrens Health
Evidence is mounting that definitively proves poor indoor air quality negatively impacts the health of our children by increasing the incidences of respiratory allergies. The build-up of airborne allergens contributes to poor health and performance in our children. In addition to asthma, children can suffer from headaches, nausea, watery eyes, dizziness, lethargy, hearing loss, and lack of concentration because of poor indoor air quality. Here are a few studies that demonstrate this principle:
Missed school days: Damp, moldy indoor environment that result from inadequate AC duct cleaning and disinfection increase incidences of asthma and respiratory allergies in children. These children miss more school because of their respiratory illnesses, and therefore miss out on critical learning.
Lower academic performance: Inadequate air ventilation in schools and nurseries because of poor air circulation from insufficient air duct cleaning and poor AC maintenance contribute to poor childhood health. Those children who try to learn in these environments perform poorly on tests by 14% to 15% in some cases compared to children in schools with excellent indoor air quality.
As you can see, the future of our childrens education is intimately linked to good indoor air quality. Thats why more and more schools and nurseries are becoming interested in regular air duct cleaning, consistent AC maintenance, and air-conditioning cleaning in Dubai.
How to Create Healthy Indoor Air Quality so that Children Flourish and Prosper
Needless to say, in order to effectively remove airborne allergies to prevent asthma and other respiratory allergies in schools and nurseries, our institutional leaders need to develop effective IAQ management programs for their institutions. These plans should include all of the following elements:
Regular air testing to detect airborne allergens like mould that impact indoor air quality
A plan for moisture management to avoid the development of mould and mildew
Integrated pest management to avoid pests that generate airborne allergens
Excellent ventilation systems, including proper AC filters and dehumidifiers
Regular disinfection and air-conditioning cleaning in Dubai
Its important to remember that prevention is always healthier than having to perform pollution clean-up. That said, engaging a Dubai AC disinfection company that also specializes in AC duct cleaning for routine maintenance of all indoor air quality systems is one of the most important things your school or nursery can do to prevent respiratory allergies and asthma for your children.
