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  Creating a Healthy Oasis: Let’s Tackle Sick Building Syndrome Head-On

  Are you a building owner or facility manager who's concerned about Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)? If you're noticing symptoms like headaches, fatigue, or dizziness among your employees or tenants, it's important to take action to improve the indoor air quality in your building. SBS is a term used to describe a range of symptoms that can occur in buildings where the indoor environment is perceived as unhealthy or uncomfortable. The causes of SBS can vary and often involve a combination of factors. Poor indoor air quality, inadequate ventilation, high humidity, and temperature fluctuations can all contribute to SBS. In addition, the presence of chemical and biological contaminants within the building can also cause SBS. As a building owner, you have a responsibility to provide a healthy and comfortable indoor environment for your tenants or employees. Fortunately, there are solutions available that can help you combat SBS and improve indoor air quality in your facility, such as our M-Series make-up air and S-Series high-efficiency heating technologies. By collaborating with us, you can effectively combat SBS and promote a healthier indoor environment for those that ...
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  Why We Invested In Our Own Facility

  This technical blog was written by Randy Niederer, Director of Marketing at Cambridge Air Solutions.   As a manufacturer of industrial HVAC equipment, we know quite a bit about the problems that poor indoor air quality within your facility can have on your employees during hot summer months. Trying to achieve temperature relief within your facility when it is 100° F outside, and even hotter inside, requires more than opening your dock doors and pulling hot air through your facility while running HVLS fans. For most facilities, including ours, the equipment that is running inside the facility provides additional heat gain that can drive indoor temperatures well above the 100° F outside air temperature. When this happens within the facility your productivity, quality and even safety may be affected. Your ability to retain quality employees can suffer as well as your ability to hire new talent can be difficult as well. Our “Enriching Lives” brand promise is something that we take seriously and strive to provide to all those that we interact with on a daily basis. You know the old saying ...
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  The True Impact of Heat on Workforce Productivity

  How Hotter Seasons Impact Workforce Productivity and Cost Building Owners Money This blog was written by The Marketing Team & The Engineering Team As temperatures continue to rise each summer, mechanical contractors may already be aware of the impact that extreme heat can have  on comfort and building operations. But there's another critical element at play—productivity. When indoor temperatures surpass 77°F (25°C), it's not just uncomfortable; it's a hidden productivity killer that directly affects the bottom line of your clients' businesses. Let’s dive into the data to explore the real impact of temperature on productivity and how you can help your customers mitigate these effects. Study Summary: Impact of Heat Exposure on Female Brickfield Workers in India A recent study examined the effects of extreme heat on female workers in India’s brick-manufacturing units. These workers experience high seasonal temperatures for several months of the year, affecting their physical well-being and output. Key findings: Heat Exposure: Workers endure high temperatures for five months annually, with heat from brick kilns worsening the situation. Productivity Decline: For each degree increase beyond 34.9°C, productivity drops by approximately 2%. Physiological Strain: Higher ...
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  How Does a Make-Up Air Unit Work?

  Providing a safe and healthy environment for employees continues to be a priority for manufacturing leaders, especially in facilities where manufacturing conditions create a potentially harmful environment for those working inside. Many manufacturing and industrial facilities that are plagued with poor indoor air quality typically do not have adequate ventilation. This lack of proper fresh air can create a variety of poor conditions such as high concentrations of harmful contaminants, hazy indoor conditions, improper process or product quality, OSHA safety violations, or even severe employee illness. The first step in solving your Indoor Air Quality issues for your manufacturing environment is a properly sized mechanical exhaust system, preferably located nearest to the source of indoor contaminants. The rate of exhaust airflow or amount of fans may vary due to the process or the type of contaminant. As the exhaust fans capture, contain, and expel these harmful gases, fresh air is drawn into the building and into the occupied space thus lowering the concentration of harmful elements. A proper ventilation strategy must not stop here – as many manufacturing environments needs ...
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  The Right Solution For Industrial Cooling Lies Somewhere Between DX Cooling And HVLS Fans

  Evaporative cooling can provide significant temperature relief at a fraction of the cost of mechanical cooling. Industrial settings - with much exhaust airflow for contaminants and a substantial footprint - can struggle to achieve clean and temperate indoor air conditions without expensive mechanical cooling systems. However, the sheer size of many of these facilities prices that technology out of the possible solution set. On the other end of the cooling option spectrum, HVLS fans tend to move the hot air around, dependent on contact cooling for temperature relief. The moving air from HVLS fans can help employees feel more comfortable but cannot address internal heat gains within a facility nor provide temperature relief. Somewhere between those two options stands evaporative cooling technology, which provides tempered make-up air while also improving indoor air quality with the usage of 100% outdoor air.    Two-Stage Evaporative Cooling Technology Shines in Industrial Facilities The Cambridge ESC-Series evaporative cooling unit is a semi-custom fabricated air handler that can utilize direct (DEC), indirect (IEC) evaporative cooling, or a combination of both indirect/direct (two-stage) evaporative cooling to meet specific usage ...
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  How Does an Indirect Evaporative Cooling Unit Work? | Cambridge ESC-Series Cooling Animation

  Employee safety, comfort, and productivity are very important in today’s workplace. Industrial environments with exhaust are one of the more difficult cooling applications. Internal and/or external heat gain can result in excessive temperatures in your building. The exhaust fans located in these types of buildings can make cooling with traditional methods very difficult and expensive. A two-stage evaporative cooling unit can provide cheaper industrial cooling, making your work environments safer, more productive, and more comfortable. The evaporative cooling unit uses 100% outside air to provide tempered make-up air and building cooling. The ESC-Series unit is designed for industrial, commercial, and institutional buildings needing better indoor air quality without the equipment or operating costs associated with mechanical cooling. Cool, tempered air enters your industrial building or warehouse from the two-stage unit. The exhaust fans that are opposite of the indirect evaporative cooling units create a push-pull effect that allows the cooler air to move across your workspace. An indirect evaporative cooling module provides the first stage of cooling. A patented polymer heat exchanger separates the ventilation airstream from the vaporizer airstream, resulting in ...