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Carmen Schmitt
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We lease one floor in an older building. The landlord installed new air conditioning in the building prior to our occupation of the building as the old system was simply fan coil units or registers. As tenants per the lease we are required to maintain the AC that was paid for and installed by the landlord.
Over the last year we have had numerous complaints from the staff about the lack of fresh air in the building and problems with opening windows only to be blasted with ice cold air, rain in winter, boiling hot air in the summer (which competes with the AC) and always road noise. I have asked the property management about the situation and they say that they don’t provide fresh air circulation/ventilation systems. Are their no regulations about bring the building up to meet the codes? It doesn’t seem fair that we should have to pay for special ventilation or modifications for one floor in a building we do not own. Can you advise? Do we have any options?
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Nigel DuPree
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UK only really has a minmum temp of 16 degrees 'C' but ideally should also have airflow between 7.5 to 15 centimetres per second with a humidity of 30 to 70% to avoid or mitigate the affects of 'sick building syndrome' where employees may be at risk of increased incidents of conditions like 'dry eye' or other generic eye, ear, nose or throat and respitory infections.
Hope helpfull or at least point in right direction as increased discomfort will affect levels of fatigue and/or VD ( Vigilance Decremation).
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Carmen Schmitt
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Thanks for your response- we have no issues with the temperature or humidity. It is purely the fresh air supply rate- as it should not normally fall below 5 to 8 litres per second per occupant. As it stands in this building we have no fresh air intake at all other then windows as described are not suitably located for opening. I am looking for an answer to what the landlords responsibilities are for fresh air intake.
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