Singapore IAQ offers Indoor Air Quality Audit for School Buildings

A school is an institution designed to allow and encourage students to learn, under the supervision of teachers. For teaching and learning to take place effectively, indoor air must be of good quality.

Sources of pollutants Classroom (body odour/perfume, paints odours, particulates from chalkboard, etc); Storage room (cleaning products, standing water, air freshener, etc); Faculty lounge (food odour, plant allergies, tobacco smoke, plant allergen, body odour, etc); Structural areas (Exterior crack, gutter obstruction, etc); Office (VOCs generated from furnishing, computers generating VOCs, ozone and particulates, improper ventilation, etc); Bathroom/locker room (Personal cleaning products and care items generating VOCs, water leaks encouraging mold and bacterial growth, etc); Cafeteria (Cooking odours, water leakages, garbage odours, oven combustion, etc.); Cubicle room (Computers generating ozone, VOCs, particulates, furniture generating VOCs, etc). Other sources of pollutants are Interior water sources, use of pesticides and herbicides, improper building maintenance, trash containers, loading dock, etc. Implications of poor indoor air quality in school Failure to prevent indoor air problems in school, or failure to act promptly, can have consequences such as: increasing the chances for long-term and short-term health problems for students and staff; impacting the student learning environment, comfort, and attendance; reducing productivity of teachers and staff due to discomfort, sickness, or absenteeism; faster deterioration and reduced efficiency of the school physical plant and equipment; increasing the chance that schools will have to be closed, or occupants temporarily moved; straining relationships among school administration and parents and staff; creating negative publicity that could damage a school's or administration's image and effectiveness; creating potential liability problems. Conclusion Our Mission at IAQ Consultants Pte Ltd is to provide schools with practical, cost-effective solutions to Indoor Air Quality problems, and help schools achieve sustainable and safer indoor working and living environments. For more information on Indoor Air Quality, please visit http://www.iaqsg.com Need Professional Assistance? Please feel free to contact us @ Tel: 65- 62419443 or email info@iaqsg.com if you are interested in having your indoor air tested or audited to monitor the Indoor Air Quality in your environment.

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IAQ provides assessment and consultancy services in the fields of science and environmental through testing, inspection, remediation and application of technology with the aim of achieving a better indoor environmental quality for your environment.