Capabilities
Air Quality & Air Control
Move, filter, and control the air in your building the way it should move.
Overview
Air Quality & Air Control, delivered to spec.
Norkum installs and upgrades ventilation, filtration, exhaust, and air-control systems for commercial buildings across Greater Boston and the North Shore. Air control is a code and comfort issue at once: commercial ventilation is governed by ASHRAE 62.1, which sets outdoor-air rates by both occupancy and floor area, so under- or over-ventilated zones are a design and commissioning failure, not a code allowance.
We size, install, balance, and commission systems so the air actually moves the way the design intends — including the filtration, economizer, and energy-recovery pieces that commercial code requires.
What’s included
Scope we cover.
- Ventilation design-assist & install
- Filtration upgrades (MERV 13-ready)
- Exhaust systems
- Economizer & energy recovery (ERV / HRV)
- Demand-controlled ventilation
- Air balancing & commissioning
Greater Boston & the North Shore
What Greater Boston buildings need
ASHRAE 62.1 sets a minimum MERV-8 filter, but MERV 13 has become the practical standard of care in occupied commercial space since 2020. Massachusetts commercial code also requires economizers on larger cooling systems and energy-recovery ventilation where outdoor-air fractions run high — common in schools, healthcare, and dense workplaces. We install and commission those controls so they work in a New England winter instead of dumping freezing air into the space.
Demand-controlled ventilation lets a building deliver the right amount of outdoor air for actual occupancy — meeting indoor-air-quality requirements without heating and cooling air nobody's using.
What to expect
How we run it.
Design-assist
We help get it right before anything is cut, hung, or energized.
Clean install
Tidy sites and tight workmanship on every visit.
We stand behind it
Done once, correctly — and backed after we leave.
Common questions
Air Quality & Air Control — FAQ.
What does air quality and air control include?
Ventilation, filtration, exhaust, and air balancing to move and control the air the way your building needs.
Can you upgrade ventilation in an occupied building?
Yes — we phase the work to keep occupied spaces running with minimal disruption.
What areas do you serve?
The North Shore and Greater Boston, based in Saugus, MA.
Related: all capabilities · projects · service areas across the North Shore & Greater Boston.
Need air quality & air control? Let’s scope it.
Send us the scope or the drawings and we’ll tell you what it takes to hit your date.