Monitoring outdoor air quality for the health and safety inside hospitals

Globally, there is an increasing awareness of environmental health and the quality of the air we breathe. This has pressured those generating pollutants, like fugitive emissions, to increase their monitoring, control and reporting activities.

Construction, vehicle emissions, and power generation are inevitable in India’s densely populated areas. The dust and fumes from the job sites, roads, and heavy industry buildings are not pleasant to be around and often enter through a building’s HVAC system, significantly affecting the indoor air quality (IAQ).
With India’s sprawling cities and already poor air quality, it is becoming a serious health issue– for  hospitals specifically, air quality is a priority to protect patients and staff.

Fugitive emissions are pollutants from cracked seals, pipes and other unintended areas. Fugitive emissions can also be defined as unintended emissions from facilities or activities— for example, road construction—that cannot reasonably pass through a vent, stack, chimney, or other functionally equivalent opening. Examples of these emissions are fine particles (PM10 and PM2.5), aerosols and dust, which significantly impact air quality. It is essential to understand that your IAQ is only as good as your HVAC system and the air that passes through it from outside. Poor outdoor air can equate to harder working HVAC systems. Reduce system repair costs by monitoring the air quality outside, ensuring it doesn’t negatively impact the inside.

Today, many monitoring agencies request real-time air quality data from companies to prove their fugitive emissions levels meet regulations. If emission levels exceed the limit, monitoring agencies can administer consequences. Activities such as demolition and groundwork can create large amounts of dust and other harmful emissions, and their effects can be made worse by contaminated lands and hazardous materials. Hospitals must account for outside air pollution to protect their patients, ensuring they are not exposed to excessive pollutants during their hospitalisation.

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