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NATURAL
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BUSINESS
& COMMERCIAL Having
the benefits of a Natural Air System in your business can be even more
important than a residential application... Lawsuits! "This
(inside air) has become the Your business obviously involves the public and employees... and class action lawsuits representing these groups against business owners because of "bad air" problems ... are predicted to become a major growth industry for trial lawyers targeting accumulated asset bases like successful businesses. Like bad backs, "bad air" is one of those poorly defined issues that can sway a jury emotionally without a lot of factual proof. The jury is led to believe that you - as owner - just don't care and should be punished for taking advantages of employees and customers by making them breath polluted air. In
many businesses, the hazards of inside air can be much worse than in homes
because of the higher use of substances like pesticides and cleaning solutions;
the addition of new chemicals like copying fumes, etc.; and the sheer
presence of more people who may be carriers (vectors) of sicknesses. Profits! In addition to this formidable"stick" encouraging you to take control over inside air... there are also several very attractive profit-side "carrots" for actively demonstrating your "environmental concern" with an inside air control system. In
a research report on inside air quality, the Cornell University School
of Industrial and Labor Relations reported that Employees are more productive, satisfied, have less sick time... and more good people will want to be part of your team. A study by the Harvard Department of Environmental Health found "that employees in moderately ventilated offices were 53% more likely to take time off due to illness than their colleagues in the highly ventilated areas." The direct added costs to the business with the higher rates of sick times - from using lower rates of fresh air ventilation - came to "$480.00 per employee per year". A new research report by Fisk and Rosenfeld of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory concludes that "...improved air quality could save U.S. companies billions... as much as $58 billion annually by preventing sick-building illnesses... (in that) 40 percent of all sick days are indoor quality related... (and that gains of) an additional $200 billion in worker performance are possible by creating offices with better indoor air quality." Additionally, new customers are more likely to be attracted to "fresh air" places and existing customers are more likely to do more repeat business, staying longer, buying more, each time. Promoting the fact that you have a system that provides fresh air for your customers, should give you a competitive edge. Think of the mental pictures people have now, about breathing in substances such as smoke... and how that can relate to how customers see you, use you. Additionally, savings on energy expenses can occur by being able to use outside air to help cool inside during the October through May periods of the year. Obviously, many businesses generate high amounts of heat from the concentrations of people, equipment, lights, and often kitchens... heat which has to be picked up by the central air conditioning system even on days when the outside air is cool. Is this a win-win type of investment... or what?
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