Category: Building Management

What is Indoor Air Quality?

Why is indoor air quality so vitally important in 2021? Here we look at what indoor air quality is and how improving it will help us beat COVID-19 transmission. Simply put, Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is the quality of air within a building. In particular, it is refer to when reviewing the health of the people who live or work there. When we think about air quality, visions of smog or car exhaust fumes may spring to mind, but it’s just as important to understand the air quality inside buildings. By simply sitting at an office desk, you might be exposed…

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Modelling research suggests an 80% increase in exposure to coronavirus droplets in busy offices

Blog by Christian Pearce, co-founder Conditioned Environment  Every day we’re learning something new about how COVID-19 is transmitted. I was intrigued by the new research cited in this article in Wired about how stagnant air in your office could be riddled with coronavirus. The research, by engineering, design and consultancy firm Arup, raises more concerns. Arup modelled the motion of air among crowds to demonstrate how aerosols – droplets less than five microns in diameter – move through a typical office. They found an 80% increase in people exposed to aerosols exhaled in busy offices. Back in July, I wrote about…

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Conditioned Environment launches British made Gateway Personal Protection Tunnels to help combat the spread of COVID-19

Conditioned Environment, a leading London based mechanical services company, has launched today the Gateway Personal Protection Tunnel which will help combat the spread of COVID-19 as the UK returns to work following the March 2020 lockdown. The Gateway Personal Protection Tunnel, which is designed and manufactured in the UK, is a walkthrough tunnel that can be used at a wide range of locations from offices, sporting venues, pubs and restaurants, shopping centres, hospitals and care homes to schools. The Gateway Tunnel uses an organic, water based, dry-mist sanitiser which is sprayed on a person in only five seconds as they walk…

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Getting high: How tall can skyscrapers get?

As a city with its fair share of skyscrapers, London is a prime candidate for future developments in architecture, especially as the London housing crisis continues to quietly rage on. Since the Natwest tower was built in 1980, the city skyline has slowly morphed to include taller and taller buildings. Despite not being the largest in the world, our skyscrapers make the average Londoner stop and think – how much bigger can they get? This month, that’s what we’re here to find out. The Race is On From 1930 to 1931, the world record for the tallest building was broken no…

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Fire safety scammers are targeting London: don’t get caught out!

Criminals are targeting vulnerable tower block residents in the wake of the Grenfell Tower and Shepherds Bush fires. The scammers are entering residential tower blocks posing as fire safety officers and convincing tenants to allow entry into individual flats to carry out bogus safety checks. The scammers are in fact looking for valuables within the flat. These individuals have been accused of taking advantage of the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in Kensington in which 80 people lost their lives, and are therefore wanted for questioning by the police. How to spot a fake council letter In many cases, residents have reported…

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