As the world learns to live with COVID-19 and workers continue to return to offices, the time has never been more ripe for conversations around the importance of air quality, and the foundational role HVAC can play in fostering healthy, productive workplaces.
- How indoor air quality affects the health of workers
- How much worker productivity and performance can be affected by indoor air quality
- How rethinking ventilation and filtration can elevate both.
The COVID-19 pandemic has more people thinking more deeply about indoor air quality (IAQ) than ever before. The vast majority of COVID-19 transmission occurred indoors, and ventilation and filtration have emerged as powerful weapons against its spread.
This has dramatically heightened awareness of and interest in IAQ, and it is likely to persist as Hong Kong reopens to the world.
Against a backdrop of one in two Hong Kong office workers professing reluctance to return to their offices, Hong Kong is facing its biggest office space glut for more than 15 years.
Ensuring high IAQ in commercial settings offers a way for building managers to make their premises more appealing to both tenants and workers.
Beyond that, a growing body of evidence is revealing the stark impact poor IAQ can have on worker cognition and performance, as well as the dramatic productivity benefits offering cleaner, fresher air can bring.
