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Smoking Room Ventilation
Many Specialist Care Homes, Hospitals and similar
establishments allow smoking in designated rooms
or areas. If the smoking room is not adequately
ventilated, tobacco smoke can irritate staff exposed
to it affecting their performance, comfort and
safety at work. It could expose you to employee
litigation. Under current UK legislation on smoking
in public places an exemption exists for organisations
with residences for which the premises are considered
their home. View
Forth Valley case study as an example
The conventional extract fan approach causes
uncomfortable draughts, noise and high losses
of heat energy. Fresh incoming air must be heated
if draughts are to be avoided. The extra cost
of continually reheating in this way is an expense
your business can do without.
Sigma has developed a range of strategies for
dealing with Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS).
Issues to be addressed are:
- Poor air quality within the smoking area
- Smoke spreading into the surrounding areas/
Where to discharge contaminated air i.e. how
to avoid contaminating adjacent areas such as
external walkways.
- Internal fabric staining
- Expensive and unsightly ductwork
- Energy Consumption
- Air Volume in and out of the space
- Placing the extract and supply points in
the most strategic position
- How to avoid draughts
Sigma HRVs dramatically cut the cost of ventilating
your premises at the correct rate. Our heat
recovery ventilators are not just for use in
the care industry, but also in homes, factories
and offices. In fact they can be used in any
environment where cost effective ventilation
is required.
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