Ventilation is vital, especially in the workplace. Often, simply opening up a few windows to allow a fresh flow of air through a space does the trick, but there are circumstances that don’t allow for this, especially in factories and warehouses. To understand the importance of ventilation equipment in the workplace, we need to first have a good understanding of what ventilation does and how it works.

What Is Ventilation And How Does It Work?

Ventilation is a procedure that removes stale, dirty or stagnant air from a specified space while introducing fresh air, generally coming from outside the establishment.

How ventilation works generally depends on how you require it to work. Ultimately, you’ll need to work out what is best for your workplace. Natural ventilation requires for doors, windows, vents, or grilles to allow a fresh flow of air to circulate into the space while stagnant, stale air circulates out.

Alternatively, mechanical ventilation utilises fans to circulate fresh air into a space and stale air out. You might require mechanical ventilation as you don’t have access to windows etc. or perhaps your business deals with toxic fumes that require industrial ventilation.

Reasons To Have Ventilation Equipment

Employee Health

Poor ventilation often leads to headaches, allergies, spreading of common colds and airborne diseases. Effective ventilation equipment has an insurmountably beneficial effect on the health and wellbeing of your employees and can prevent any of the above-mentioned health concerns from happening.

Clean Air

It is no secret that the air we breathe today isn’t the cleanest. However, the air we breathe indoors is often far dirtier than the air we breathe outdoors. In a workplace that deals with industrial products, you’ll likely find pollutants, bacteria, damp, and unpleasant odours. A quality ventilation system can eradicate all of these issues. 

Control Condensation

Mould and rot are common results of condensation in a workplace, both with the potential to cause respiratory issues and allergic reactions. Having effective ventilation equipment in place helps lower the risk of your employees facing these issues.

Temperature Control

When many people are crammed into a small area, the atmosphere can quickly become stifling and warm. A space with good ventilation equipment will improve the atmosphere and foster greater productivity.

Regulated Air

You have little control over the air circulation in your workplace with inadequate ventilation equipment. In order to keep tabs on air circulation while maintaining the necessary levels for the health and wellbeing of your employees, decent ventilation equipment is required.

At the end of the day, those who enter your workplace are under your care and deserve the comfort of knowing that they are breathing safe and clean air.

Fanmaster has a full range of ventilation equipment to help support this need. Take a look at what we have on offer.