Quoting a recent survey showing 80 percent of employees expect to think regularly about air quality in the workplace, the Chicago Tribune sought insights from a host of CRE experts on what’s trending in state-of-the-art air cleaning systems. Taylor Johnson pitched clients Fulton East , Wight & Company , James McHugh Construction Co. and buildings 145 S. Wells and Parkline Chicago from Moceri + Roszak to weigh in on how they’re incorporating new tech to purify the air employees will breathe and what to expect in the future. TJ’s clients are leading the way in terms of incorporating systems that circulate cleaner air indoors. The Fulton East project in Fulton Market will be the first multi-story office building to incorporate non-thermal plasma air cleaning units (typically used by hospitals);  the 145 S. Wells office building and Parkline Chicago condominium and apartment tower will be outfitted with an ionization and air purification system; and Wight invested in bipolar ionization systems at its offices in Chicago and Darien. What’s next? McHugh expects to see more hotel projects designed with outside air flowing directly into each unit.

TJ clients are making air quality a priority in office and residential projects in light of COVID-19 concerns. Clockwise from top left: the 145 S. Wells office building, Parkline Chicago condominium and apartment tower, the air quality monitoring device Wight & Company has installed at its offices, and Fulton East office and retail building.