Indoor Air Quality
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
HSC & Green Seal unite on standard for IAQ in schools
The standard will be the centrepiece of a program to help school facility management transform health and sustainability.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
HVAC filters demand predicted to keep rising
The driving factor for growth market is increasing demand for HVAC systems and awareness around IAQ.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
The new commercial office takes shape
Facility managers and BSCs are reassessing how they maintain safe office environments. Keeping best practices in mind is vital.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
GBAC publishes IAQ infection prevention strategy paper
The paper addresses several strategies for improving indoor air quality in facilities such as schools, restaurants, convention centres & gyms.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Know your way around indoor air quality improvement
Controlling indoor air quality is vital to reducing infection risk and improving health and safety in any facility.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Home owners and builders lack awareness of IAQ health risks
After exposure to scientific findings, the number of homeowners who viewed their homes as somewhat or very unhealthy more than tripled.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
How to manage winter cleaning in your facility
Winter can be a messy time for facilities, and it’s critical that facilities focus extra attention on cleaning for both appearance and health.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Office cleaning costs and upgrades on the rise
The cost of office maintenance dropped significantly in the pandemic when workers went remote, but it's on the rise again.
Canadian Property Management
Air filtration improvements in line for rebate
As announced in the federal Economic and Fiscal Update, small businesses could qualify for a refundable tax credit of up to $10,000 per project on qualifying investments in air filtration and HVAC systems.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Study finds elevator fans fail to eliminate pathogens
The confined space inside an elevator cabin creates a large risk of transmission despite standard ventilation.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Braving the great indoors: IAQ solutions for higher education
It’s more important than ever to keep students, staff, and the community healthy.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
3 ways schools can address poor IAQ
Three steps that school administrators can take immediately at little or no added cost to help improve and protect the IAQ in their facilities.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
GBAC partners up with Allergy Standards
The partnership will educate ISSA members and GBAC STAR facilities and service providers on air quality.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Researchers find new way to detect coronavirus via HVAC
Researchers suggest that widely implementing building air sampling could allow earlier detection of the virus in shared spaces.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Better mats, lower carbon footprints
This ESG pursuit can take facility owners and managers in many different directions. That includes under one’s feet. For more insights, we reached out to Jeff Grabinsky, Vice President of Development & Sustainability with Executive Mat Service (EMS).
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Green Seal launches LEED-compliant certification
The paint certification meets LEED v4/4.1 criteria and qualifies products for Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly badge.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Getting UV-C air purifier placement right
UV-C air purifiers are often installed correctly, and this can reduce their effectiveness by as much as 50%.