Buying a commercial air purifier for a large space

Warehouses and large, commercial spaces often experience problems with air quality and indoor pollution. This is usually due to having many employees and lots of unmoved product, leading to an accumulation of dust, airborne particles, and surfaces that cannot be reached for proper cleaning¹. It is important for industrial spaces to invest in ways to keep air quality in tip-top shape for both the health of their employees and safe storage of product. Read on below to learn about how an air purifier can help commercial spaces achieve improved air quality.

The advantages of a commercial air purifier

In a commercial building or warehouse, there are typically standards set in place to encourage proper ventilation in order to circulate airborne pollution indoors and stale air. Unfortunately, these standards, though crucial in maintaining air flow, are not always respected or sufficient to remove fine particles from the air. Moreover, they merely move the problem since they expulse the air pollution outside.

The main advantage of investing in an air purifier for your industrial space or warehouse is, of course, improved indoor air quality (IAQ). Improved indoor air quality can:

• Keep employees safe
• Ensure safe storage of products and materials

Not only does installing an air purifier for your warehouse protect employees from dust, allergens, and harmful airborne pollutants, it can also boost their productivity. According to an American study on employees working in an indoor pear packing factory, exposure to air pollution, specifically particulate matter (PM2.5), has been linked to a decrease in productivity². Fine particle pollution exposure has also been shown to increase anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders (read more about mental health’s link to air pollution here).

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A commercial air purifier can also protect employees from germs (viruses and bacteria), including the flu and COVID-19 In a high-volume warehouse with high volumes of employees and products being received from all over the world, germs can spread like wildfire. By purchasing an air purifier that contains a HEPA-certified filter, you can rest assured that your industrial space (and individual rooms in these spaces) will be protected from 99.97% of airborne contaminants and pollutants down to a size of 0.01 μm.

Air purifiers that come equipped with activated carbon filters can also help fight bad odours in the rooms of your industrial space! Those who operate gyms or sport complexes are no strangers to the unpleasant smells of sweat. Also commonly found in gyms may be airborne germs (viruses and bacteria can easily circulate between people in close proximity), allergens, and dust! These things, along with any of the bad smells that occur in your athletic space, may be removed from your indoor breathing air all thanks to a commercial air purifier.

How does a commercial air purifier work?

An air purifier works by pulling in air that is contaminated with airborne pollutants, treating it using one or more filtration technologies inside the device, then recirculating the air back into your room or space.

In addition to its main filter (HEPA-certified, HEPA-type, or a simple filter), air purifiers can come equipped with a variety of filtration technologies to treat a room’s air including bamboo fibre filters, activated carbon filters, photocatalysis, UV sterilisation, and ionisation, to name a few. Some modern, high-end air purifiers, like Eoleaf’s, come equipped with all of the above, making it an air purifier with a wide range of action on all types of airborne contaminants.

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