{"id":23525,"date":"2022-02-28T15:04:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/?p=23525"},"modified":"2022-07-11T14:35:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T18:35:20","slug":"guidance-features-room-alert-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/23525\/guidance-features-room-alert-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance Features in Room Alert Manager – Threshold Ranges, Established Standards & Heat Index Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For many years now, the CDC, EPA, NWS, ASHRAE & OSHA have been recommending and requiring that employers have proper tools in place to keep their employees safe<\/a>. Environmental threats should be a top concern for any business owner because an unsafe environment can be dangerous and deadly to your customers, employees, students, tenants or anyone else in your facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of all the threats that can lead to costly, irreversible downtime, heat is the most critical. Heat-related illnesses are the leading cause of death among all weather-related workplace hazards. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) recently published an<\/span> Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention<\/span><\/a> that is expected to be issued in 2022. OSHA will soon be requiring specific standards for hazardous heat conditions, and employers may be mandated to monitor heat index to ensure employee safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are constantly looking for ways to improve proactive environment monitoring with Room Alert so in response to the upcoming OSHA guidelines, we created a new <\/span>Guidance <\/span><\/i>section in<\/span> Room Alert Manager<\/span><\/a>. Our goal is to help employers ensure their factories,<\/span> warehouses<\/span><\/a> and outdoor environments are within a safe range.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new <\/span>Guidance <\/span><\/i>section was designed as an educational tool where Room Alert users can learn about pre-defined safety standards that have already been set by professional associations such as<\/span> NWS<\/span><\/a> (National Weather Service) and<\/span> ASHRAE<\/span><\/a> (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers). The <\/span>Guidance <\/span><\/i>section breaks down into <\/span>Threshold Ranges<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Established Standards<\/span><\/i> tabs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Threshold Ranges<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Under <\/span>Threshold Ranges, <\/span><\/i>users can define the exact range they want to maintain in their environment. The threshold range you choose helps when creating alerts and graph overlays. In <\/span>Threshold Ranges<\/span><\/i>, you\u2019ll see a table containing pre-defined threshold ranges that match the established standards. You can choose from the following: <\/span><\/p>\n