Office Building Humidity

Posted by mcp6453 on January 30, 2007, 12:46 pm

What are acceptable and unacceptable humidity levels for an office
building (in the southeastern United States, if that makes a difference)
with regard to health issues? Our office building is below 20%, which is
as low as the hygrometer goes.

Posted by on January 30, 2007, 3:47 pm

> What are acceptable and unacceptable humidity levels for an office
> building (in the southeastern United States, if that makes a difference)
> with regard to health issues? Our office building is below 20%, which is
> as low as the hygrometer goes.

You normally want it between 40-60 %.

Posted by mcp6453 on January 31, 2007, 9:16 am

kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:

>> What are acceptable and unacceptable humidity levels for an office
>> building (in the southeastern United States, if that makes a difference)
>> with regard to health issues? Our office building is below 20%, which is
>> as low as the hygrometer goes.

>
> You normally want it between 40-60 %.
>
>

The hygrometer I just installed is reading "LO%", meaning that the
humidity is below 20%. I'm going to get a better one to see how low it
really is. My throat is giving me a fit, and my ENT says that low
humidity could be significantly contributing to the problem. I'm
somewhat skeptical but willing to investigate.

How would the building operator remedy the situation? Do commercial HVAC
systems have humidifiers? Since I'm in a cubicle, I doubt that a
vaporizer would have much effect. It would seem that the vapor would be
quickly consumed by the dry air.

Posted by on January 31, 2007, 10:24 am

wrote:

>kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:

>>> What are acceptable and unacceptable humidity levels for an office
>>> building (in the southeastern United States, if that makes a difference)
>>> with regard to health issues? Our office building is below 20%, which is
>>> as low as the hygrometer goes.

>>
>> You normally want it between 40-60 %.
>>
>>

>The hygrometer I just installed is reading "LO%", meaning that the
>humidity is below 20%. I'm going to get a better one to see how low it
>really is. My throat is giving me a fit, and my ENT says that low
>humidity could be significantly contributing to the problem. I'm
>somewhat skeptical but willing to investigate.
>How would the building operator remedy the situation?

Wait for wetter weather.

> Do commercial HVAC
>systems have humidifiers?

Nope.

> Since I'm in a cubicle, I doubt that a
>vaporizer would have much effect. It would seem that the vapor would be
>quickly consumed by the dry air.

Yep.

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Posted by Power's Mechanical on February 4, 2007, 9:27 am

On Jan 31, 10:24 am, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:

> wrote:

> >kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:

> >>> What are acceptable and unacceptable humidity levels for an office
> >>> building (in the southeastern United States, if that makes a difference)
> >>> with regard to health issues? Our office building is below 20%, which is
> >>> as low as the hygrometer goes.
> >> You normally want it between 40-60 %.

> >The hygrometer I just installed is reading "LO%", meaning that the
> >humidity is below 20%. I'm going to get a better one to see how low it
> >really is. My throat is giving me a fit, and my ENT says that low
> >humidity could be significantly contributing to the problem. I'm
> >somewhat skeptical but willing to investigate.
> >How would the building operator remedy the situation?

> Wait for wetter weather.

> > Do commercial HVAC
> >systems have humidifiers?

> Nope.

Yup, some do. Usually steam humidifiers are mounted in the supply
duct.

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