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More Museums Than Starbucks

Art conservationists are busy. With over 35,000 museums in the United States, the care and preservation of our Nation’s artistic, historical and cultural heritage has become an industry itself. Conserving and protecting the treasures within museum walls is nothing short of moral stewardship.

Beryllium Exposure – Is Your Workplace Safe?

Are you confidant that your workplace environment is safe and that your air is clean and nontoxic for your workers?

Longevity of Museum Artifacts Depends on Indoor Air Quality

The last line of defense against environmental damage to museum objects is the use of high-quality air filtration equipment.

Air Cleaning Creates Optimal Environment for Art Conservation and Restoration

Art directors and experts choose bench top fume extractors while performing their inspections and modifications to establish optimal working conditions for restoration work.

Control Museum Pollutants With Source Elimination Measures

Maintaining high quality indoor air is difficult for all building operators, however, museums pose an even greater challenge. Museum operators not only have to create a healthy environment for employees and patrons, they have to establish a quality environment for the protection of valuable, irreplaceable collections. In order to provide a proper environment, operators first Read More

Museum Artifacts Suffer The Consequences Of Poor Air Quality

While museums and art conservation centers made to preserve culture and history, they are face the risk of environmental contaminants that may deteriorate valuable objects.

Filter Change Frequency Is Based On Contaminant Type

With companies increasingly employing air filtration technology to remove environmental contaminant types like dust, smoke and chemicals, users are often asking when they should change their filters. To keep air cleaners working their best, you should regularly replace filters and absorption media to ensure peak performance and maximize worker respiratory protection. Changing your prefilter or Read More

Mold In Libraries Causes Significant Indoor Air Quality Problems

Mold in libraries is no small matter; just ask the staff of the Carnegie Library in our nation’s capital. In order to protect patrons and employees from potential harm due to mold-related IAQ problems, the Washington, DC building was closed for nearly four months beginning in September of last year while indoor air quality and mold remediation efforts were underway.

OSHA Approved State Plans

Workplace indoor air quality (IAQ) has been a relatively modern concern within the larger environmental focus, spawned in the 1970’s. Mid-century concerns, such as asbestos and lead exposures, led to awareness of second-hand tobacco smoke and radon, thus guided present-day topics such “sick building syndrome” into public consciousness. Indoor air pollution won’t go away. Instead, it has grown with various advancements in industry.