{"id":4130,"date":"2023-01-03T22:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illumipure.com\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:55:28","slug":"10-healthy-building-facts-we-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/illumipure.com\/10-healthy-building-facts-we-love","title":{"rendered":"10 healthy buildings facts we love"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4130\" class=\"elementor elementor-4130\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0420bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0420bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c55a51\" data-id=\"2c55a51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ccec1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5ccec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Healthy buildings are often thought of as shiny new buildings; however, we see healthy buildings as a process instead of a result. The ten facts below show how and why healthy buildings impact daily life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f569ea1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f569ea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#10 - Americans spend ninety percent of their time indoors<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb2323f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb2323f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Healthy buildings protect us and optimize our productivity where we spend most of our life. For example, if you live to be 90 years old, on average, you will have spent 81 years indoors. That doesn&#8217;t mean we&#8217;ve lost our love of the outdoors; healthy buildings also maintain that outdoor views must be preserved because data suggests humans perform better in these environments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-688ec8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"688ec8a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ff169e\" data-id=\"5ff169e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a821e86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a821e86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#9 - Seventy percent of a business overhead is spent on employees<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c72fcb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c72fcb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For businesses, healthy buildings couldn&#8217;t be more critical. Most businesses&#8217; actual overhead cost is not in the building, electricity, or upkeep of machinery; it&#8217;s in the people through salaries and benefits. So if you&#8217;re spending money to optimize your electricity bill, it only makes sense to optimize it for the people inside. After all, why spend money on the best employees or equipment if you&#8217;re not going to help them work as efficiently as possible?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec5a09f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec5a09f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e67b88\" data-id=\"7e67b88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ceb35f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ceb35f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#8 - Healthy buildings increase rent<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00a6dc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00a6dc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Healthy buildings are not just good humanitarian practices but good business practices. For example, one study indicated <a href=\"https:\/\/realestateinnovationlab.mit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201214_Healthy-Buildings_Paper_V2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">rent increases between 4-8%<\/span><\/a> when comparing healthy buildings to similar regular buildings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c3c06d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c3c06d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6bc791\" data-id=\"e6bc791\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c5cb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32c5cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#7 - Your building manager likely has more impact on your health than your doctor<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e90ba27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e90ba27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This was a recent statement in <span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\"><a style=\"color: #57ccf6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674278363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthy Buildings: How indoor spaces can make you sick &#8211; or keep you well<\/a>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #5a5050;\">So it should be no surprise that spending eight hours a day in an office that routinely has poor air quality, unregulated temperatures, or inadequate lighting may lead to adverse outcomes that a doctor&#8217;s visit can&#8217;t fix. Healthy buildings are the cure for these problems and lead to increased productivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e7cbc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e7cbc4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40f23de\" data-id=\"40f23de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc59c90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc59c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#7 - Poor Ventilation is as impactful on performance as being hungry<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbab684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbab684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fifteen years ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/14733315.2007.11683770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">a study was conducted to determine the impact of poor ventilation on students.<\/span><\/a> Testing during periods of poor ventilation showed decreases in the power of attention. The deficits students suffered were equivalent to not eating breakfast and being hungry testing. This is why we say that healthy buildings are more than just disinfected buildings; they make students test better.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b379944 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b379944\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d871da\" data-id=\"4d871da\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab1350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ab1350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#6 - Great ventilation improves performance<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a531852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a531852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This fact should be #1, but we have more fun facts for that slot. Study after study shows that production increases for work or play when you improve Indoor Air Quality. And the best part is that there doesn&#8217;t appear to be an air quality metric that improvement levels off. That means that when you go from poor to good IAQ, you see cognitive improvements, but also when you go from good to great. The better your IAQ is, the better room occupants perform; it&#8217;s just that simple.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f6f064 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f6f064\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad306e5\" data-id=\"ad306e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff320f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff320f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#5 - Healthy buildings increase attendance<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82c8cba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82c8cba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By this point, it should be unsurprising that healthy buildings make people perform better; but it also makes them attend more frequently. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7165692\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">For example, one study showed that students in well-ventilated classrooms attended 1.6 more days than their peers.<\/span><\/a> So if you run a business, how would two more days of work per employee increase your bottom line?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9845030 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9845030\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85c3314\" data-id=\"85c3314\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b31d6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b31d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#4 - Building temperature affects productivity<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7603ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7603ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ve all experienced being too hot or cold, and we know how it affects our experience, but how does it affect our performance? It turns out significantly. Trying to work in a building that is defined as too hot or cold can have an immediate <a href=\"https:\/\/iaqscience.lbl.gov\/human-performance-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">10% impact<\/span><\/a> on productivity. Similarly, another study indicated that <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosmedicine\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pmed.1002605\"><span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">cognitive performance worsened<\/span><\/a> during an indoor heat wave. Healthy buildings don&#8217;t sacrifice building optimization for human performance and vice versa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfcc263 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfcc263\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6482a46\" data-id=\"6482a46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4c1d8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4c1d8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#3 - Proper lighting makes us look smarter<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1875f19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1875f19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Similar to #4, we&#8217;ve all been in rooms with poor lighting. We know it&#8217;s not a great experience, but how does it affect us? For over a decade, studies have shown that proper lighting provides a litany of positive effects, one of which is reading fluency. In one study, focus lighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3921344\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">doubled oral reading fluency<\/span><\/a> compared to traditional lighting. Imagine how this impacts our children on state testing and other mandatory examinations. Healthy buildings have proper lighting designed to impact the room&#8217;s design positively.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b99bc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b99bc5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b379150\" data-id=\"b379150\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea78b86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea78b86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#2 - We experience most pollution from outdoor air while were inside<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e686bb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e686bb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because we spend 90% of our time indoors, we experience most outdoor air pollution while inside. We also recycle a lot of air from our neighbors. If you live in a modern apartment, approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20846212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">9% of your air comes directly from a neighboring apartment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">.<\/span> If you&#8217;re in an older apartment, that number could jump to 35%! Whether it&#8217;s from outdoor air pollution or your neighbor, this list gives numerous reasons to prioritize indoor air quality. Healthy buildings seek to measure and correct problems with IAQ.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ade95d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ade95d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f53d00\" data-id=\"0f53d00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c9b25f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c9b25f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">#1 - People spend more time indoors than some species of whales do underwater.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c93b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c93b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you read <span style=\"color: #57ccf6;\">our last blog post<\/span>, you&#8217;ve already seen this fact, but it bears repeating. At this point in our history, humans are an indoor species. Just as you don&#8217;t want whales to swim around in a polluted ocean, you shouldn&#8217;t tolerate living in a polluted indoor environment. Healthy buildings seek to improve the quality of your indoor space in an environmentally sustainable way.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4edd03f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4edd03f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2808d67\" data-id=\"2808d67\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5933e27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5933e27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interested in learning if your building is healthy?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458e226 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"458e226\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Start by measuring your indoor air quality and monitoring your outdoor air quality with Vertices AQS. 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