Introduction to IAQ

Over the last several years much attention has been focused on air pollution. Most urban cities now have “Save the Air” programs in place to minimize air pollution caused by vehicle emissions, supplying the commuting public with free public transportation for the day. Up until recently, not many scientists had paid much attention to the quality of air within homes and other buildings, despite the fact that U.S. government research indicates that people spend approximately 90% of their time indoors.

In fact, in many cases, the air within buildings can actually be more polluted than the air outside. Couple that fact with the amount of time most people spend inside, and you have a recipe for a health related disaster.

Causes of Indoor Pollutants

Poor indoor air quality can be caused by asbestos, formaldehyde, household cleaning chemicals, lead, nitrogen dioxide, radon, tobacco smoke, respirable particles and biological pollutants like bacteria, mold, mildew and fungus.

How Can Ceilume Help?

Ceilume is the first and only drop ceiling tile ever to meet the stringent GREENGUARD Environmental Institute's (GEI) indoor air quality standards for low emitting materials. Our ceiling tiles were tested for all individual volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) including formaldehyde, respirable particles, ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and carbon dioxide emissions in a controlled and representative indoor environment that allows the product to produce the emissions in a realistic manner similar to the way the product would emit in a home or office. This process can be easily translated into real world scenarios and allows the product use to be evaluated for health, irritation, and odor concerns for a wide range of indoor environments. For more information, please see the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute website at www.greenguard.org.