Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Monitoring
WHY DOES INDOOR AIR QUALITY MATTER?
Poor indoor air quality contributes to both short and long term health issues and lead to decreased productivity, absenteeism, and possible litigation. The typical symptoms associated with poor indoor air quality include eye, nose, and throat irritation, headache, nausea, dizziness, and fatigue. Therefore, it is one of the general duties as prescribed under the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514) for the employer and an occupier (including building owner and building management) to provide a safe workplace to their employees or other person than his employees (occupant).
The purpose of this industry code of practice is to provide guidance on improving the indoor air quality (IAQ) and to set minimum standard for selected parameters that will avoid discomfort and/or adverse health effect among employees and other occupants of an indoor or enclosed environment served by a mechanical ventilating and air conditioning (MVAC) system including air cooled split unit
The objective of the industry code of practice:
- To establishes a set of acceptable exposure limits for chemical and biological contaminants;
- To establishes a set of acceptable values for specific physical parameters;
- To describe a mechanism to identify, evaluate and control these indoor air contaminants; and
- To specifies other appropriate occupational safety and health measures.
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