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Preventive Maintenance Sustains Good IAQ
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Preventive Maintenance Sustains Good IAQ
- Maintain Up-to-Date Building Records
- Establish an Effective PM Program
- Train Your Key Maintenance Employees on IAQ
- Maintain All Equipment on Time
- Keep a Clean Mechanical Room
- Periodically Check Exhaust Air Flows
- Periodically Check Pressure Relationships
- Periodically Check Temperature, Humidity, and CO2
- Periodically Check Supply Air and Outdoor Air Flows
- Make Use of I-BEAM Forms in Your Maintenance Program
- Monitoring IAQ in Occupied Spaces
- Monitoring PM Throughout Building
Maintain All Equipment on Time
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(Hot Spot on large area over man and open unit.)
- Remember...“Deferred maintenance is poor maintenance”.
- Preventive maintenance sustains indoor air quality, and it saves money in the long run. Maintenance tasks as simple as changing filters and checking belts, and cleaning pans regularly, as shown in this picture, as well as the other tasks identified in I-BEAM’s maintenance tickler list and forms, will insure a clean and functional system.
- It is tempting to defer maintenance because of resource constraints or simply to save on maintenance costs. Deferring maintenance does not have an immediate effect, and that may be a major problem because the building continues to operate, but at a lower maintenance budget. So the lower budget becomes the norm as do expedient short term fixes that lead to major systemic problems.
- That is why I-BEAM recommends a comprehensive initial IAQ building audit, with an investment to “remediate deferred maintenance” problems.