Air Quality Could Affect Your Employee's Health

 

A clean, comfortable office space can help foster an environment that promotes productivity, creativity, and good health. But what if the office you work in has poor air quality? At best, it can make your workspace less comfortable and distract you from your job; at worst, it could lead to serious health problems down the road if you're exposed to dirty air consistently enough.

As an employer or business owner, it's important to understand the effects of poor air quality on your employees, so you can do everything possible to prevent it in your business space.

The Hidden Effects of Poor Indoor Air Quality on Employees

The effects of poor indoor air quality are often overlooked in the workplace and may have hidden consequences for employees. Short-term exposure to a poor atmosphere can cause symptoms such as asthma and allergic reactions. In contrast, long-term exposure to these irritants could lead to headaches, bronchitis, and many other respiratory problems.

These are just a few risks associated with poor indoor air quality; companies must understand the seriousness of this issue and implement mitigation strategies when necessary.

The Benefits of Good Indoor Air Quality

Indoor air quality has an impact on worker productivity and well-being. If you're in a position to make changes to improve your employee's environment, you will likely see increased productivity, improved health, and lower absenteeism. Plus, it doesn't take much to make a difference.

How to Build a Healthy Indoor Environment in the Workplace

Your workplace is more than just a building with cubicles and desks. It's a home away from home for your employees. And with more of us spending as much as 90% of our time indoors, the air quality we breathe matters. It keeps us alert and energized throughout the day, making it critical that the atmosphere in your office or store is clean and safe to breathe.

So, make sure you are keeping up with your commercial air duct cleanings! Even with proper cleaning and changing quality filters, the HVAC system will still become dirty over time. Have your system inspected every two years by professionals to determine when it needs to be cleaned again.

Get Your Air Duct Cleaned Today!

At Greenpro Cleaning & Restoration, we offer residential and commercial services and water damage repairs for our clients on Long Island, NY. Our mission is to promote healthy living by providing cleaner indoor air quality.

Contact us today at 631-940-8100 or fill out a form to get your free quote!

Places You Missed During Spring Cleaning

Summer is here, which means it is time for summer gatherings! Which means guests are coming over. It’s time to get the place cleaned up and ready for family and friends.  How was your spring cleaning this year? Is your home spotless? Well, just in case you’re falling a little behind on home upkeep, here is a small checklist to follow along with spots to clean in your home.

Sconces, chandeliers, and another lighting

An easy to misplace when cleaning up the place are the lights above. We get so focused on cleaning the ground, the counters, arranging the furniture, picking up the kid’s toys, that we forget about the lights. Grab a step stool and take a quick look at your lights. They may be covered in dust and need cleaning. This way, if guests take a look at your chandelier or your living room lamps, they don’t see a layer of dust covering the lightbulbs or the lampshade.

Kitchen cabinets

As we said above, people normally get carried away with a lot of the things in front of them. If your cabinets aren’t white, you may glance over them and not think much of them. Upon looking closer, you’ll see fingerprints, handprints, marks, and splashes on regularly opened cabinet doors. Also, behind the door itself, where it connects with its frame. Double take that portion and give it a good cleaning. No need for a guest to open a cabinet and by chance grab one that is stuck to its frame from some mystery grime.  

 Backsplash

In the same area, we have our backsplash in the kitchen. The wall behind your stove and countertops. Most of the time, this area is also under your cabinets. The backsplash is the place where all the foods you cook on your stove top end up. All the splashes of bits and grease. We get focused on cleaning counters and forget to do a double take on this place. Believe us; it’s dirty. Take a looksie and get to cleaning. Chances are, you may have missed this whole area.

Small appliances

Sometimes when we get small appliances, there isn’t room in our kitchen cabinets to store them. So what happens? They end up on the counter as our new fancy kitchen decoration! The problem is, these items are often missed when it comes to cleaning. Just because we haven’t used our awesome KitchenAid mixer recently, doesn’t mean we should pass it up when it comes to cleaning. You may have a layer of dust or leftover food bits hanging out around your toaster oven, mixer, electric can opener, etc.

We hope this list was able to serve you as a handy checklist and a reminder about some of the most commonly missed places when it comes to cleaning up your kitchen. Let us know if anything on this list is something you forget a lot or let us know if there is anything we have missed ourselves. Remember, you could also improve the quality of your in-home air by contacting us about our air duct cleaning services here at GreenPro. Contact us today.