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amount of greenhouse gas is a key component
in greener buildings and will earn more points in
LEED certification.”
Reducing waste also plays a critical part in being
greener. Since filters are disposable products, they
have a significant impact on the waste stream of
a building. Consequently, the ECO-FGI Initiative
has introduced filters with extended life spans, as
well as fewer and lighter components, so there is
less waste produced less often.
It’s important not to forget about workforce
health, as well. People are key to the green
movement, so it stands to reason that keeping
the air that employees breathe as clean as possible
is paramount. Improving Indoor Environmental
Quality (IEQ), minimizing lost productivity
due to absenteeism, lowering operating
costs by decreasing energy consumption and
creating greener buildings are all benefits of
efficient filters.
One phenomenon that the ECO-FGI Initiative
aims to eliminate is what is known as Sick Building
Syndrome (SBS). A sick building is one where
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its occupants experience health problems that
appear to be linked to time spent in a specific
building. Recently, the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) discovered that SBS has an annual
economic impact of 60 billion dollars per year in
direct (medical) and indirect (lost productivity)
costs. “Imagine significantly cutting absenteeism,
decreasing operation expenses and increasing
your bottom line profit, just by making your
building greener,” says McAfee.
Whether it’s reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
creating healthier work environments or saving
energy, Filtration Group’s ECO-FGI Initiative is
a program striving to better the environment
by developing new and innovative filtration
products. To help them light the way to a greener
tomorrow, DSG shares this focus, offering its
customers ways to go green with better filtration.
DSG works hand in hand with the ECO-FGI
Initiative to provide better filtering technologies
and better overall filtration strategies to
make buildings greener and keep the
environment safer.