For business
Espirio® is the ideal solution for modern, employee-caring companies, both micro enterprises and very large organizations. Especially those for which it is very important to ensure efficiency and comfort at work. Employees' high intellectual agility, analytical thinking, appropriate level of focus, creativity or accurate decision-making, depend directly on the quality of the environment in which we stay and work.
Working in a good atmosphere
- CO2 carbon dioxide,
- PM2.5 and PM10 particulate matter,
- volatile organic compounds VOC/VOC,
- temperature and humidity,
- Noise (level and number of acoustic events/quiet disturbances),
- Lighting (light color and intensity).
How does Espirio® inform users of adverse conditions?
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Why is indoor environmental quality monitoring important for Business?
As research and statistics prove, we spend up to 90% of our lives indoors. A large part of this is that devoted to work.
Depending on its nature and, above all, the place and also the conditions in which we perform it, we are exposed to varying degrees to the negative impact of the environment around us.
Every parameter of the space in which we work is important, especially air quality (with emphasis on CO2 concentration), noise, lighting and also climatic conditions.
Organizations such as the WHO have been arguing and calling for years that none of these elements should be underestimated. Their long-term impact on an employee has a negative impact on his or her efficiency and comfort, and this translates directly into business performance.
One study by U. Satish (with a team) evaluated the effect of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration on accuracy in decision-making using nine different indicators, which were:
- primary activity,
- applied activity,
- focused activity,
- task orientation,
- initiatives,
- information retrieval,
- use of information,
- extent of access
- and basic strategy.
The results of the experiment showed that an increase in CO2 concentration from 600 ppm to 1,000 ppm resulted in moderate but statistically significant reductions in performance in six of the nine indicators studied (focused activity, task orientation, initiative, information use, breadth of access and basic strategy).
In contrast, at 2,500 ppm, a significant and statistically significant decline in performance was observed in seven of the nine indicators (basic activity, applied activity, task orientation, initiative, information use, breadth of access and basic strategy). In some cases, these indicators even fell to levels considered dysfunctional!
Mean score values at CO2 concentrations of 1,000 ppm were lower by 11-23% compared to 600 ppm, while at CO2 concentrations of 2,500 ppm scores were lower by as much as 44-94% compared to 600 ppm. This indicates a significant effect of increased carbon dioxide concentrations on cognitive function, especially decision-making ability.
A study conducted by L. Kajtár and L. Herczeg on the effects of CO2 on well-being and mental intensity showed that those who participated in the experiment rated air quality as “less acceptable” when CO2 concentrations rose above 3,000 ppm. This, in turn, affected the decline in the subjects’ mental performance.
The experiment confirmed the hypothesis, finding that both well-being and the ability to focus attention decreased when participants spent 2-3 hours in closed rooms where the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air reached 3,000 ppm or higher.
This, unfortunately, confirms that by staying in a room with high CO2 concentrations, we tend to accept – get used to – a worse-than-reference quality of atmosphere. In other words, we don’t notice (or it is very difficult for us to do so) exceed CO2 levels above which, our work efficiency, decision-making ability and many other indicators affecting productivity, are significantly degraded.
Global trends and environmental changes will unfortunately not improve the problems described above, and in fact are likely to exacerbate them. Therefore, in order to improve work efficiency and support business, especially in areas that require very high intellectual agility, we designed Espirio®, a unique system that does not underestimate any risks and allows us to control air quality, noise, lighting, climatic conditions and then inform us of the need to take action to improve the monitored parameters (manually or automatically, such as through integration with BMS systems).
