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​Is your HEPA equipment performing to True HEPA Standards?

Posted by Ashley Peden on Sep 16th 2020

Is your HEPA equipment performing to True HEPA Standards?H.E.P.A. stands for High Efficiency Particulate Arrestance. True HEPA filters are pre-certified and marked by the manufacturers to indicate a performance of 99.97% efficiency at capturing particles at 0.3 microns in size.When putting equipment on an abatement or remediation project, it is important to test the integrity of the filters in your negative air units, vacuums and any other HEPA filtered equipment intended to control or remo
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Controlling Airborne Contaminants

Posted by Ashley Peden on May 14th 2020

Controlling Airborne Contaminants
Controlling Airborne ContaminantsIndoor Air Quality is a growing concern in the workplace. Today more than ever, we are concerned about contamination in our environment. What causes indoor air quality concerns?Indoor environment - inadequate temperature, humidity, poor air circulation, ventilation system issues. Indoor air contaminants - chemicals, dusts, moulds or fungi, bacteria, gases, vapours, odours. Insufficient outdoor air intake. Airborne pathogens, Carbon dioxide (CO2),
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