Ventilation in the workplace

Improving general ventilation

• Overview

  Why ventilation is important

• Assessing the risk of poor ventilation

  How to assess the risk from poorly ventilated areas in your workplace

• How to improve ventilation

  Ways of improving natural and mechanical ventilation at work

• Keeping a comfortable temperature

  How to keep temperatures comfortable in ventilated workplaces

• Examples of improving ventilation

  Take practical steps to achieve adequate ventilation at work

• Using CO2 monitors

  Use CO2 monitors to prioritise poorly ventilated areas

Removing dust and fumes

• Local exhaust ventilation (LEV)

  How LEV can help control risks from workplace hazards like dust or welding fume