Your journey to healthy indoor air begins with a thorough IAQ building assessment.
Erlab’s comprehensive strategy for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) offers a complete solution for enhancing the health of both your building and its occupants. Erlab begins with understanding your challenges, listening to your concerns, and getting a layout of your facility to start developing our tailored approach to making necessary improvements.
The next step is creating a plan of placement for your IAQ monitors to continuously monitor (ASSESS) your air quality while sending real-time reports (ASSURE) of your facility’s overall wellness score.
The wellness score will provide insight to problem areas in your facility that need to be (ADDRESSED), which includes filtration (HALO), ventilation and temperature and humidity control.
The Erlab AirGradient measures CO2, PM2.5, TVOCs, NOx, Temperature and Humidity, using high quality sensor modules from industry leaders SenseAir, Sensirion and Plantower.
What does Erlab monitor & measure?
The Erlab AirGradient utilizes NDIR technology for very accurate measurements. It auto calibrates with an automatic baseline calibration (ABC) every 7 days. High levels of CO2 can indicate insufficient ventilation and cause headaches, tiredness and lower cognitive performance. For PM2.5 measurements, it uses a sensor with laser scattering technology that has been extensively tested in various studies. Elevated levels of fine particles – especially below 2.5 microns – has been linked to a broad range of health issues including premature mortality, heart or lung problems, acute and chronic bronchitis, asthma attacks, and respiratory symptoms. The sensor module is factory calibrated. TVOC and NOx is measured with the Sensirion SGP41 TVOC/NOx sensor. TVOCs are organic chemicals that can easily vaporize and enter the air we breathe. These often do have indoor causes like off-gassing furniture or aggressive cleaning liquids. NOx are harmful gases that can be caused by indoor gas stoves or boilers. Temperature and Humidity are measured with the Sensirion SHT3x/4x sensors which are one of the most accurate ones in the market. These two air quality parameters can give you good information about indoor comfort levels and also indicate e.g. the risk of mold due to high humidity levels.
Addressing Indoor Air Quality Issues with Effective, Tested Solutions.
Upon analyzing all data and space requirements, our filtration safety experts will certify the appropriate HALO installation(s) to start purifying your indoor air.
The HALO, which was originally designed for laboratories to reduce exposure to harmful contaminants that traditional ventilations methods fell short of providing, has been made available to the general commercial market. HALO is one of the first air purifiers to be compliant with the ASHRAE 241 standard and has gone through rigorous testing in both controlled and dynamic real-world conditions. Each test performed has proven to show significant reductions in present pollution loads of up-to 80%, reducing exposure to PM2.5, ultra fine particles which can consist of viruses, bacteria, mold, fungi, and TVOCs, while also increasing the equivalent air change rates (eACH) and improving the air flow distribution.
- Ceiling mounted for optimal efficiency
- Energy efficient (50W) output
- Validated performance
- Independent and self sustainable, no HVAC required
- SMART remote management with SMART light technology
- Guaranteed ventilation and improvement with increased air changes
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Assuring your indoor air is consistently clean with Erlab‘s Indoorcare platform.
To maintain a balanced, healthy indoor air environment, Erlab employs Indoorcare. This state-of-the-art application is a user-friendly, efficient, workplace wellness software solution which measures, delivers and interprets complex indoor air quality data relative to aspects of an individual’s wellbeing.
Your breathing environment measured with real-time immediate data – 24/7, working in conjunction with Erlab air quality monitor.
Indoorcare provides valuable insights that will help every organization make informed decisions to enhance overall workplace health.
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Additional benefits:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
HR can utilize Indoorcare as a tool guide to create a positive and thriving workplace. Embracing diversity, ensuring fairness and impartiality in all aspects, and fostering a sense of belonging for everyone, regardless of their differences, facility managers can efficiently monitor and manage IAQ metrics, comprehensive reports, recommendations, potential IAQ issues and alerts — helping them to take proactive measures.
Indoorcare provides actionable insights that will help health and safety officers identify potential IAQ-related risks, and implement appropriate measures to safeguard employee health and wellbeing.
Operation managers can optimize workplace environments by utilizing Indoorcare insights for IAQ monitoring, employee wellbeing, office comparisons, reports, and recommendations for improvements.
A healthy workplace can lead to a range of benefits for employers and their organizations, from employee health and satisfaction to increased productivity, reduced absenteeism to cost saving.
Looking to become ASHRAE 241 Compliant? Erlab has a suggestion – Ventilation Verification
Periodic monitoring through systems like Poppy’s BreatheScore is highly beneficial for spaces with varying occupancy and activities, as it provides a real-time understanding of air quality dynamics, or to simplify, how many times the air in your facility is being turned over or processed.
Erlab and the Poppy team can provide recommendations based on the assessment study and determine if you meet, exceed, or are deficient in meeting ASHRAE 241 guidelines for required air change rates (ACH). From this data we can work with your team to either dial back your ACH to reduce energy usage, determine that your ACH is within guidance range, or help develop a strategy to get your facility within compliance guidelines without increasing your operational costs with HALO solutions.
The frequency of air testing depends on several factors, including a building’s occupancy, activities within the space, and potential sources of pollutants. Commercial spaces with high foot traffic or industrial activities might require more frequent testing. Seasonal airflow testing can also be beneficial, especially during periods when indoor spaces are less ventilated due to weather conditions.
Testing benefits and potential consequences of non-compliance
July 2024 marked the first anniversary of the launch of ASHRAE Standard 241, the pioneering standard for pathogen control. Over the past year, Poppy has conducted hundreds of tests to assist clients verify compliance, protect occupant health, and maximize energy savings and sustainability. Concurrently, New York’s groundbreaking Local Law 97 (LL97) has taken effect, requiring building owners and operators to decarbonize their operations and meet new energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions limits. As more cities and states implement building decarbonization targets and laws, HVAC energy savings will be instrumental in achieving these requirements.
Ask Poppy about energy-efficient strategies for implementing ASHRAE Standard 241 – Rapid airflow testing as a fast, efficient method to comply and become BreatheScore Certified with Standard 241 and reduce overventilation and underventilation.
They can also provide insights into the benefits of operating healthy, sustainable buildings for offices and schools. Operating healthy, sustainable buildings offers a multitude of benefits, from enhancing occupant wellness to achieving significant energy savings and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Measure and maintain your ventilation with Poppy’s daily, monthly, or bi-annual secure online data.
IAQ Regulations and Non-Compliance Example:
To avoid fines from non-compliance with New York’s Local Law 97 in 2024, building owners must regularly monitor their building’s greenhouse gas emissions, implement energy efficiency upgrades like LED lighting and advanced HVAC systems, file annual compliance reports with the NYC Department of Buildings by May 1st each year, and ensure the reports are verified by a qualified professional; essentially, taking proactive steps to reduce their building’s carbon footprint and demonstrate compliance with the emission limits set by the law.
Compliance Plan: Building owners must submit a decarbonization plan by May 1, 2025, or provide evidence that they have begun work to meet the 2024-2029 emissions limits. This plan should outline the steps the building will take to reduce its emissions and the timeline for implementing these measures.
An Example of the consequences for not adhering to the coming regulations is shown below. These regulations and fines for the State of New York based on NY Local Law 97(LL97) are now in effect, but other states are currently setting up their own similar standards, regulations, and fines and most states will have this in place by 2025.
