How Restaurants Can Improve Indoor Air Quality in the Coronavirus Era

Even as restrictions loosen and thousands of restaurants can legally open their dining rooms, many customers remain hesitant to dine in. Therefore, it’s critical for restaurants to do everything possible to put customers and employees at ease. That means restaurants must embrace extra safeguards, including those that improve indoor air quality.Those safeguards could be critical to a restaurant’s bottom line. An April survey taken by consulting firm AlixPartners LLP found that as many as 68% of American adults say they’ll make dining decisions based on a restaurant’s sanitation and safety practices. In a May survey by Washington State University, U.S. consumers said they expect restaurants to provide hand-sanitizing stations, frequently and rigorously clean high-touch surfaces, and require workers to wear face masks.

However, little of the sanitation conversation includes talk of air quality. Air quality shouldn’t be ignored as restaurants step up their health and safety…