Air quality

Healthy Office Air With the air-Q: The MeetingMETER for Productivity & Health at the Workplace

For optimal performance in the office, air quality has to be right. Only healthy office air protects against reduced concentration, fatigue, and infection risk. A CO₂ traffic light alone isn't enough. After all, room air consists of more substances than carbon dioxide. The air-Q supports you here as a comprehensive "MeetingMETER."

Meeting room with a large office table, around which young employees sit discussing a project. | air-Q
Undine Jaehne

Office air can make you sick: how to protect yourself & your colleagues

Workplace air quality can affect your health and productivity. Poor room air risks sick building syndrome.

This is what sick building syndrome looks like:

  • Fatigue & exhaustion
  • Headaches
  • Concentration problems
  • Irritated mucous membranes
  • Dizziness & nausea
  • Increased irritability

Besides stale air from employees exhaling, and thus exceeding CO₂ thresholds, triggers also include pollutants, contamination, off-gassing, or an elevated noise level. As the share of exhaled air rises, so does the concentration of pathogens. This lets viruses and the like spread more quickly. Infection risk rises sharply.

Optimal office climate for more productivity & health

High pollution in the office from electrical devices or improper and/or insufficient ventilation harms health. For more productivity and a healthy office climate, it's necessary to check relevant readings, detect pollutants, and act as needed. The CO₂ value in particular should be continuously monitored. That's because this reading is an excellent indicator for keeping to ventilation intervals or for drawing conclusions about viral load in office air.

Air monitors like the air-Q measure all relevant pollutants in the air that affect office health. Our air monitor air-Q reminds you to exchange air regularly and warns you via an intuitive LED traffic-light display when air is concerning. The built-in health advisor with the air-Q health index and the air-Q performance index tells you when you and your team need a break, since concentration is about to decline. This is also useful during summer temperatures. After all, workplace temperature shouldn't exceed the 26-degree mark.

Besides basic monitoring of carbon dioxide, temperature, and VOCs in the office, the various air-Q product variants offer 5 to 15 finely tuned individual sensors. This gives you full control over air quality, ensures a lower error rate during work hours, guarantees enough energy for strategic decisions, and prevents productivity losses.

Free air analysis for businesses: the air-Q air monitor ensures the best conditions at the workplace

We at air-Q are air quality experts and want to improve the quality of the air we breathe at the workplace, thereby promoting healthy working conditions. To this end, we develop innovative, holistic solutions to raise awareness for clean office air.

With our "Alliance for Good Air in German Offices" and the "MeetingMETER" initiative, we're working together with participating companies to champion a healthy office climate. To do this, we provide various companies and businesses our air-Q for a free air analysis.

Join our campaign too! Try our air-Q air monitor for free for 14 days in your offices and meeting rooms, no obligation. Use the technical know-how of our air-Q air monitors as a "MeetingMETER" and find out, with a free 14-day air analysis worth 249 euros, how good the air quality is in your work rooms.

Your benefits from a comprehensive air analysis:

  • You learn which pollutants are in the air.
  • You receive tips for improving air quality.
  • You create optimal working conditions for your employees.
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air-Q air analysis evaluation charts for various air components, shown as a chart.
air-Q air analysis evaluation charts

Want to see the air quality in our own air-Q office? Then check out the live data on this page.

Summary

What is sick building syndrome?
Sick building syndrome occurs when poor office air quality leads to health complaints. Symptoms include fatigue, headaches, concentration problems, irritated mucous membranes, dizziness, nausea, and increased irritability.
What causes sick building syndrome?
Triggers are mainly high CO₂ levels from stale air, pollutants, off-gassing, and an elevated noise level. This can lead to an increased risk of infection from viruses and bacteria.
How can I improve office air quality?
Continuous measurement of relevant pollutants like CO₂, VOCs, and temperature is crucial. Air monitors like the air-Q track these readings and give timely warnings when air quality is concerning.
What is the air-Q health index?
The air-Q health index indicates when the office climate becomes unhealthy and a break is needed. The air-Q performance index helps maximize productivity by signaling the best time for breaks and air exchange.