Why Humidity Control is Essential?

Indoor Humidity has been recognized as one of the top 3 factors that affect quality of Indoor Air. High Humidity is conducive to the growth of micro-organisms like mold, fungus and bacteria, making the indoor air unhealthy and a potential source of sickness. According to EPA, “Indoor air can be 10 times more polluted than outdoor air.”

The “Sick Building Syndrome” is the common name given to a host of health problems and diseases that occur among people due to poor IAQ. Common symptoms being eye & nose irritation, fatigue, cough, nausea, headache, sore throat, asthma, fever or a combination of these.

Besides causing health risks for the occupants, growth of mold and fungus also causes damage to property such as the walls, surfaces and furnishings. Mold infested buildings have often been treated as inhabitable and in extreme cases are required to be evacuated for remediation. Examples include expensive hotel premises, hospitals and schools which are worth hundreds of million dollars and have had to be abandoned as they were declared unfit for human occupation. Remediation is neither easy nor cheap and can cost millions of dollars.

Humidity Control is vital in wide variety of applications to prevent spoilage of products and problems in many industrial processes.

Electronics, Food Industry, Clean Rooms, Pharmaceuticals, Lens Manufacturing, etc. are just a few examples in industries where humidity control has critical importance. Higher than specified RH levels can lead to complete halt of production lines, rejection rate going up and increased customer complaints.

Similarly there are many storage applications of moisture sensitive products that need strict humidity control. Examples include Computer and Data storage, Libraries, Museums, Food Stores, electronic parts storage, etc.

A large number of Industrial processes can have serious trouble due to lack of humidity control and it can be prevented if proper measures are taken in the early stages of the project. Therefore, controlling high humidity has become the need of the hour. InviroTech Heat Pipes are an ideal solution for Humidity Control.

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