CLEAN AIR IS KEY STEP TO STAYING HEALTHY
Battling the Pandemic With COVID-19 cases
homes and hospitals the
peaking and winter
people there know that clean
weather forcing most
filters can make a difference
people to spend time
in filtering out the airborne
indoors, Lou Doro,
particles in the air that
vice president of Clean
contain the virus.” Doro says
Air Quality Services,
he’s seen an unprecedented
Inc. says more people
spike in the installation of
are taking preventative
ultraviolet air purifiers as a
maintenance inspections
way to reduce air pollutants.
to make sure their
“There is a concern that cold and flu season on top of
buildings and homes have clean air filters.
COVID will be a problem. People want to stay on top
“Clean air filters equal clean air,” says Doro, who is
this before it becomes an issue. Our concern is air flow,
also president of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning
keeping the filters and coils are clean and making sure
Contractors Nasional Association of the Hudson Valley.
there is enough outside air being brought into buildings.
“We’ve gone from quarterly maintenance inspections to in some cases every two weeks. In critical areas like nursing
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