While it’s true there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to indoor air quality, it doesn’t mean we need to fear it.

Strategies to Optimize Indoor Air Quality

As we have been learning about and navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic for the last 12 months, there has been so much information and misinformation about this virus.

The recent announcement of the re-opening of some businesses in Alberta, such as restaurants, is welcoming news but it also comes with expectations of a healthy and safe environment.

To ensure you are getting value for your filter money look closely, and critically, at how the filter is secured in place.

It is not uncommon these days to hear water cooler or dinner table talk turning to the subject of COVID-19 and Portable Room Air Purifiers.

How should you think about the right air purifier for your environment? It’s easy to get caught up in marketing claims and feature lists.

We had the opportunity to sit down with BGE veteran, Randy Drage, as he walked us through some key information for indoor air quality monitoring.

Room Air Purifiers are designed to purify or “clean” the air passing through them. With a good HEPA system, they can be as effective at capturing viruses such as COVID-19 as they are at capturing dust particles, pollen, spores, etc.

Determine first how much ventilation (clean air of a specified quality*) you either need or want as a minimum refreshing into the space every hour or every chosen time period.