Indoor air quality remains a significant environmental issue. In the last 25 years, research has shown a direct correlation between air quality and human health, both mental and physical. Symptoms once associated to other various workplace conditions are, in fact, now being linked to deteriorated air quality. Air quality awareness has significantly increased since buildings are being constructed more efficiently with synthetic materials and energy conservation principles. Modern office equipment, cleaning products and outdoor air pollution can amplify conditions of poor indoor air quality. In many cases, inadequate and older HVAC systems can actually heighten the problem by spreading undesirable contaminants throughout a building or facility. The combination of these effects is known as a phenomenon called "Sick Building Syndrome" (SBS). Health Canada has acknowledged this phenomenon and has introduced guidelines and procedures for building owners and managers to minimize the impact of poor air quality on their employees.

ALL-TECH Environmental Services will test and identify air quality problems with state-of-the-art equipment and offers portable laboratories which allow for quick air analysis and response to remedial actions. We also utilize independent laboratories for further analysis to assist in the identification and measurement of percentage ratios of air contaminants. Our work begins with an assessment of a building's mechanical components and construction materials.

Our technologists and certified building inspectors are trained to identify air quality based on the following parameters:

- carbon dioxide - carbon monoxide

- volatile organic compounds - formaldehyde

- microbial agents - bacterial/fungi problems

- particulate (dust) - humidity - temperature

- asbestos fibre monitoring - heavy metal