Schools

Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a critically important aspect of building and maintaining school facilities. Twenty percent of the U.S. population, over 60 million people, spend their days in our elementary and secondary schools. In the mid-1990s, studies show that 1 in 5 of our nation's 110,000 schools reported unsatisfactory indoor air quality, and 1 in 4 schools reported ventilation -- which impacts indoor air quality -- as unsatisfactory. Over the past 10 years we have many more schools and much higher amounts of poor air quality. Students are at a greater risk because of the hours spent in school facilities and because children are especially susceptible to pollutants. The EPA studies now show that almost half of all the nations schools have IAQ problems. Mold, airborne particles and odors represent most of the problems. The advent of the "tight" school building as well as the portable classroom, has increased IAQ problems in too many school districts across the country.

The so-called "tight" school building now exhibit problems similar to the so-called "sick building syndrome" affecting office buildings, with both students and staff exhibiting various ailments such as red, tearing and itchy eyes, running noses, sore throats and other cold like symptoms. These symptoms are prevalent primarily while students and staff are in the school building. The California Air Resources Board study titled "Environmental Health Conditions in California's Portable Classrooms" delineated the extensive contaminant problems including high formaldehyde levels, mold and musty odors, toxic residues in floor dust and many other severe IAQ problems.

The installation of our ActiveOx™ bipolar ionization system, will quickly remove dangerous airborne particles missed by other air cleaning systems, including most mold spores, dust, bacteria and viruses, allergens, mold, VOC emissions, smoke and neutralizes all odors, therefore providing a comfortable clean healthy environment for the student and staff. As a further benefit, ActiveOx™ reduces the need for the introduction of large amounts of outside air, still accomplishing these vital results without producing any harmful ozone. Our ActiveOx™ bipolar ion technology will also provide the facility with the most economically advantageous position by dramatically reducing the cost of energy, as the school buildings will no longer be forced to draw large amounts of outside air into the HVAC system in order to minimize the effects of pollutants and therefore very quickly pays for this economical system through a reduction of energy costs as well as less absenteeism.

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