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Meeting IAQ and Decarbonization Goals Using Smart Building Systems

The right combination of smart building tools and strategies can improve indoor environments while reducing energy use

July 17, 2024

As a combined solution, there are several tools and strategies that can help building managers achieve the balance between enhancing IAQ and managing energy spend to create healthier, smarter, and more sustainable buildings.

ASHRAE, Workplace Health Experts Formalize Partnership

The ACHR NEWS Editorial Staff

June 18, 2024

The agreement defines the parameters by which ASHRAE and the American Industrial Hygiene Association will work cooperatively on common public affairs goals and the coordination of technical activities and emerging research to accelerate the transformation to a more sustainable built environment.

UV-C Technology Now the Standard in Today’s Health Care Facilities

Market is starting to view UV-C as air filtration, experts say

Hannah Belloli-Oster

June 12, 2024

In the last decade, UV-C installation has really become the standard in the healthcare sector, given its ability to be easily retrofitted, save money and energy, and inactivate those infection-causing microorganisms on HVAC surfaces and airstreams.

The NEWSMakers Podcast: Disinfecting Indoor Air Quality

Hannah Belloli-Oster

May 17, 2024

On this episode of the NEWSMakers podcast, Ira Copeland, vice president of marketing at Decon7, joins us to discuss the missing part of indoor air quality (IAQ): disinfecting.

Ensuring Comfort and IAQ in Commercial Buildings and Schools During Summer

Peter Snow

May 14, 2024

Educating the overseers of these buildings on the importance of keeping HVAC systems up and running, even in the summer months, can help prevent damage to both the building and the system itself.

Selling Whole-Home Humidification

Benefits and easy installation keeping humidification systems in high demand

Dylan Kurt

March 15, 2024

Between health benefits, energy savings, and overall improved air quality, whole-home humidification systems are an easy sell for contractors.

Beginner’s Guide to Combustion and Analysis

Knowing what numbers mean key to performing proper analysis

Lianna Schwalenberg

March 13, 2024

Finding the right balance of fuel and air is crucial to combatting excess carbon monoxide.

Study to Look At Health Implications of HVAC Work

Ph.D. student collecting anonymous health data from those in the field and outside it

The ACHR NEWS Editorial Staff

March 6, 2024

Taking the anonymous online health survey, for a study on the health affects of working in the HVAC field, can earn you a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.

How to Mitigate the Harmful Effects of Industrial Heating/Cooling Equipment Noise

Rick Farrell

February 16, 2024

Exposure to many of the environments and tools associated with the HVAC trade can progressively harm a technician’s hearing, which aside from hearing loss, can cause a host of other problems like high blood pressure and fatigue. The best way to mitigate these potential hazards is with proper hearing protection.

Commercial Indoor Air Quality Solutions

Here are products to clean the air in schools, stores, theaters, and more

Matt Jachman

February 15, 2024

Cleaner indoor air means healthier building occupants who perform better and are more productive. Here are five products that improve IAQ in the places where people work, shop, and play.