Post by account_disabled on Mar 11, 2024 21:57:05 GMT -6
The extreme droughts in Australia, the atypical snowfalls in the United States, the extreme heat in Latin America, the floods in Asia, all the environmental problems taken together allow us to appreciate that the climate is disrupted.
The United Nations (UN) indicates that the temperature is 1.3 degrees Celsius on average higher than the historical average; This situation results in the movement of diseases, such as cholera, that occur in places outside their common ecosystem; However, not only does man get sick, but his buildings are also recovering today, a situation that makes them unsustainable.
This situation requires that the construction France Mobile Number List industry modify its building parameters to increase the rate of modernization and construction of smart buildings, which is currently 1%, to more than 5%, meaning environmental savings similar to putting 550 million into circulation. of electric vehicles by 2040.
This would help meet the objective of not exceeding 2 degrees Celsius or centigrade established by the Paris Agreement, by mitigating the polluting emissions generated by buildings, but how do you know if your office has sick building syndrome?
In the case of sick buildings that reflect their illnesses in their inhabitants, it is estimated that when just over 20% of the occupants of a building have health problems, we can speak of "Sick Building Syndrome."
This situation occurs in a higher percentage in old buildings, whose characteristic is to prevent the entry of sunlight or lack adequate ventilation systems, which in modern constructions has been changing.
The symptoms suffered by buildings that suffer from this syndrome are:
Strange odors caused by gases and vapors that cause discomfort and stress
Incorrect lighting, which can be very high or low, causing glare that causes visual stress, eye irritation and headaches
Excessive noise that prevents concentration, increases stress and causes headaches and fatigue in workers
Inadequate temperature that occurs due to dryness of the environment, low humidity, excessive heat and low air speed
In addition to the above, working in a sick building reduces the productivity of companies in Mexico by between 30% and 40% and significantly affects the health of employees, warned Jorge Díaz, director of Key Account Operations at ISS México, a company focused on Facility Services.
He stressed that a building with these characteristics is characterized by having structural defects in design, obsolete installations, pests, poor ventilation, poor lighting, little or no hygiene, failures in the air conditioning system and humidity problems, among other aspects.
In our country, one in three employees is absent from work for health reasons, according to the second edition of the study Financial impact due to employee absences in Mexico , prepared by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM, by its acronym in English).
“This figure represents 7.3% of the annual payroll cost in Mexican companies,” Díaz explained.
The National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC) reports that around 15% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions come from city buildings and, if this situation does not change, this percentage can multiply 7 times for the year 2050.
For this reason, this Mexican government agency called for reinforcing initiatives towards urban sustainability if the effects of climate change are to be controlled or even reversed.
The United Nations (UN) indicates that the temperature is 1.3 degrees Celsius on average higher than the historical average; This situation results in the movement of diseases, such as cholera, that occur in places outside their common ecosystem; However, not only does man get sick, but his buildings are also recovering today, a situation that makes them unsustainable.
This situation requires that the construction France Mobile Number List industry modify its building parameters to increase the rate of modernization and construction of smart buildings, which is currently 1%, to more than 5%, meaning environmental savings similar to putting 550 million into circulation. of electric vehicles by 2040.
This would help meet the objective of not exceeding 2 degrees Celsius or centigrade established by the Paris Agreement, by mitigating the polluting emissions generated by buildings, but how do you know if your office has sick building syndrome?
In the case of sick buildings that reflect their illnesses in their inhabitants, it is estimated that when just over 20% of the occupants of a building have health problems, we can speak of "Sick Building Syndrome."
This situation occurs in a higher percentage in old buildings, whose characteristic is to prevent the entry of sunlight or lack adequate ventilation systems, which in modern constructions has been changing.
The symptoms suffered by buildings that suffer from this syndrome are:
Strange odors caused by gases and vapors that cause discomfort and stress
Incorrect lighting, which can be very high or low, causing glare that causes visual stress, eye irritation and headaches
Excessive noise that prevents concentration, increases stress and causes headaches and fatigue in workers
Inadequate temperature that occurs due to dryness of the environment, low humidity, excessive heat and low air speed
In addition to the above, working in a sick building reduces the productivity of companies in Mexico by between 30% and 40% and significantly affects the health of employees, warned Jorge Díaz, director of Key Account Operations at ISS México, a company focused on Facility Services.
He stressed that a building with these characteristics is characterized by having structural defects in design, obsolete installations, pests, poor ventilation, poor lighting, little or no hygiene, failures in the air conditioning system and humidity problems, among other aspects.
In our country, one in three employees is absent from work for health reasons, according to the second edition of the study Financial impact due to employee absences in Mexico , prepared by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM, by its acronym in English).
“This figure represents 7.3% of the annual payroll cost in Mexican companies,” Díaz explained.
The National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC) reports that around 15% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions come from city buildings and, if this situation does not change, this percentage can multiply 7 times for the year 2050.
For this reason, this Mexican government agency called for reinforcing initiatives towards urban sustainability if the effects of climate change are to be controlled or even reversed.