{"id":2392,"date":"2021-07-08T03:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T03:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daikin.com.sg\/business\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2026-08-01T23:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T23:40:33","slug":"how-to-achieve-healthy-efficient-buildings-with-daikins-indoor-air-quality-optimisation-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daikin.com.sg\/business\/how-to-achieve-healthy-efficient-buildings-with-daikins-indoor-air-quality-optimisation-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to achieve healthy, efficient buildings with Daikin’s indoor air quality & optimisation solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Healthy buildings were recently thrust into the spotlight when Singapore’s authorities studied the possibility of airflow and ventilation issues which gave rise to a Covid-19 cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s Ward 9D<\/a>. The cluster had started after a 46-year-old nurse in that ward had tested positive for Covid-19 after developing a cough, sore throat and body aches. More than 40 cases<\/a> were eventually linked to this cluster.<\/p>\n

While it is still up in the air whether a building’s heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system play a conclusive role in spreading a pandemic, some experts believe that some transmission may be prevented if buildings are well-ventilated and provide good air quality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore’s Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said that improving air flow circulation in buildings, especially those which are currently poorly ventilated, could \u201ccertainly\u201d reduce the risk of airborne transmission.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn enclosed environments that rely on mechanical ventilation, there will be parts of the enclosed area where the circulation of air is poorer, and that can increase the risk of airborne transmission of Covid-19,\u201d he told ChannelNewsAsia.<\/p>\n

In other words, existing properties – especially enclosed structures – would very quickly have to transform themselves into healthy buildings before 100% of the workforce can repopulate the offices within them again.<\/p>\n

You see, in a regular, non-pandemic year, one would take up to two million breaths in their office<\/a>. Is it so hard to imagine that the health of one’s work building would inadvertently impact the health of one’s business?<\/p>\n

What is a healthy building?<\/h3>\n

Simply put, a healthy building refers to a building that supports the health and well-being of the people working and living within it and its surrounding environment.<\/p>\n

According to Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber, who wrote the book Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity,<\/i> these are the nine Foundations of a Healthy Building:<\/p>\n