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Kevin Wood

IAQ Update & Opportunity. Kevin Wood. What Is A Micron?. OAQ Economics. EPA proposed lowering standards for annual average soot (particles >2.5 microns) from 15 micrograms/cubic meter to 12. American Lung Association pushing for 11.

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  1. IAQ Update & Opportunity Kevin Wood

  2. What Is A Micron?

  3. OAQ Economics EPA proposed lowering standards for annual average soot (particles >2.5 microns) from 15 micrograms/cubic meter to 12. American Lung Association pushing for 11. EPA estimates the change would reduce U.S. health care costs by $5.9 billion in 2020. Decision was made in December 2012 for 12 and includes lowering allowable ozone from 75 to 60 parts per billion.

  4. Health Impact of IAQ

  5. IAQ & Health Facts • 30% of U.S. air pollution is imported – Harvard University 2005. • 500,000 people; 100 cities; 16 year study. For every 10 microgram increase in fine particles = 8% increase in lung cancer & 6% increase in heart attack deaths – American Cancer Society 2006. • 59,000 women; 36 cities; 6 years. For particles <2.5 microns in most polluted cities = 150% increase in deaths from heart attacks & strokes – New England Journal of Medicine 2007. • Fine particle pollutants trigger an increase in the number & size of fat cells & increase blood sugar levels – Ohio State University 2011.

  6. According to the American Heart Association, more than400 studiescorrelateheartdiseases to particulatematterexposurewhether due to short-termor long-termexposure.

  7. People at Risk in 20 U.S. Cities Most Polluted by Year-Round Particle Pollution (Annual PM 2.5) #6 Pittsburgh, PA #10 Philadelphia, PA #17 Charleston, WV #20 Huntington, WV

  8. Philadelphia Pollution Risks

  9. Business Economics

  10. IAQ By The Numbers Indoor air is 2-5 times more polluted than outside air - EPA 50% of all illnesses are caused or aggravated by poor IAQ – American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology US adults miss 24.5million work days each year from poor IAQ - CDC Poor IAQ reduces workforce productivity 3-20% - Lawrence Berkeley National labs

  11. IAQ Facts

  12. IAQ Facts

  13. Business Opportunity

  14. Productivity “A 1% increase in productivity will offset a commercial building’s entire energy bill.” – National Institute for Building Sciences.

  15. IAQ Is A Self-Insured Risk! Mold claims have already cost insurance companies billions – as a result, commercial and residential policies now have exclusion language. A pollution exclusion clause was added to post-1986 insurance policies leaving owners self-insured for IAQ related claims.

  16. Health Care Costs Carnegie Mellon & Harvard School of Public Health estimated (in 1997) annual health care cost per employee would be reduced $140 with improved IAQ ($36 billion in savings). That is $585 per person in 2013 dollars based on 10% escalation per year.

  17. Schools Schools have 4 times as many people per area of floor space as an office building. Also contributing to IAQ are locker rooms, dark rooms, labs, art rooms & diesel school bus exhaust. Children are more vulnerable to the effects of pollution, especially fine particles. Multiple studies link student performance to IAQ including 12-14% higher scores on standard tests (EPA, CDC, Journal of School Health, etc.).

  18. You Should Consider…….. Indoor Air quality http://www.epa.gov/iaq/index.html American Lung Association www.ieso.org www.iaqa.org www.lung.org

  19. IAQ SHOOT Health Care Productivity Sick Days Test Scores Insurance Risk

  20. Opportunity Call on different prospects. Educate with facts and economics. Multiple TCO messages – absenteeism, health premiums, productivity, protect our children, protect ourselves. Up-sell housings and molecular solutions. Develop new partnerships with health insurance, productivity, and IAQ consultants.

  21. Next stop at http://www.camfil.com/roadshow Clean air solutions Clean air solutions Clean air solutions

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