최고 Air Quality 팟캐스트 (2025)

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#81 - Nathan Wood: The Ventilation Crisis Nobody's Talking About And How We Fix It? 1:34:54

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Send us a text "The lungs of our buildings are failing us." These sobering words from ventilation expert Nathan Wood capture the essence of a critical conversation about the silent crisis happening behind our walls. After inspecting countless ventilation systems across the UK, Nathan reveals the disturbing reality that approximately 75% of resident…

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One Take #9 - What Makes People Actually Use Air Quality Apps 9:35

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Send us a text What makes someone download an air quality monitoring app and actually keep using it? The answer might surprise you. In this eye-opening exploration of a fascinating study from Indonesia, we dive deep into the psychology behind environmental technology adoption. The research, published in the International Journal of Human-Computer I…

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#80 Abigail Whitehouse: When a child can't breathe, everything else stops. 1:26:06

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Send us a text What really happens in a child's body during a severe asthma attack? Dr. Abigail Whitehouse, pediatric respiratory consultant, takes us on a sobering journey through the physiology of asthma, beginning with a paramedic's memory of a late-night emergency. The conversation reveals the hidden mechanisms of respiratory distress—airways b…

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One Take #8 - Passive House Reality Check 11:27

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Send us a text Gabriel Rojas and colleagues' comprehensive review examines indoor air quality in over 600 Passive Houses, revealing that properly-designed mechanical ventilation systems generally outperform conventional housing for background pollutants like CO2, VOCs and radon. Quality control makes a dramatic difference - a UK study found 100% of…

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#79 - Stefan Flagner: Clean Air Economics 1:39:21

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Send us a text The economic value of healthy buildings represents one of the greatest untapped frontiers in our quest for better indoor environments. While we've mastered the technical aspects of creating healthier spaces, convincing decision-makers to invest remains challenging without clear financial metrics. Stefan Flagner, an economics research…

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One Take #7 - Formaldehyde, Damp, and Mold in English Housing 9:06

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Send us a text We dive into a fascinating paper that quantifies respiratory disease burden from formaldehyde, damp and mold in English housing. Using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) as a metric, researchers reveal the hidden health costs of poor housing conditions while highlighting significant data gaps that could mean we're vastly underest…

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#78 Rob McLeod: 1,200 Classrooms Later: What We Learned About Air Quality in Schools ImpAQS 1:44:10

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Send us a text The landmark ImpAQS study examining ventilation and air quality in 1,200 Austrian schools reveals widespread failure to meet minimum standards, with at least 25% of classrooms unable to maintain acceptable CO2 levels during operational hours. Professor Rob McLeod discusses how this comprehensive year-long study uncovered significant …

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One Take #6 - Maternal Air Pollution Exposure: How It Shapes Your Child's Respiratory Future 7:51

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Send us a text Research reveals that a mother's exposure to air pollution during pregnancy could significantly increases her child's risk of developing asthma, suggesting that our respiratory health journey begins before we take our first breath. The study conducted in China tracked mothers and their children from 2015-2018, analyzing exposure to v…

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#77 - Robert Bean: The Human Element and Building Better Spaces 1:56:00

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Send us a text Indoor environmental quality is about more than just air quality – it encompasses everything our sensory systems experience within built environments. This knowledge provides a framework for creating healthier, more human-centered buildings. • Indoor environmental quality encompasses thermal comfort, acoustics, lighting, vibration, o…

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One Take #5 Clean Air, Full Classes 9:54

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Send us a text Research establishes a direct link between classroom air quality and student attendance rates through a comprehensive study of 144 classrooms across 31 Midwestern elementary schools. The findings provide compelling evidence that improved ventilation and lower PM2.5 levels significantly reduce illness-related absences, even at polluti…

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#76 - Erik Malmstrom: The Invisible Made Visible: Tracking Pathogens Through Buildings 1:50:21

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Send us a text Imagine if you could actually see how viruses and bacteria move through the air in a building. That's exactly what Safe Traces technology allows us to do, and the implications for public health and building performance are profound. In this eye-opening conversation, CEO Eric Malmstrom reveals how his company's DNA-tagging technology …

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Episode 9: Air Quality and Health 11:05

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It’s easy to think about air as invisible and inconsequential, simply because its always there, but it’s anything but. Every single time you take a breath, you’re taking in much more than just oxygen—you’re inhaling a mix of particles, gases, and pollutants that can affect your health in ways you may not even realize. So, what exactly is happening …

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One Take #4 :Indoor Air Crisis in Global Social Housing 9:45

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Send us a text What happens when the air inside your home is slowly making you sick? For millions of people living in social housing across developing nations, this isn't a hypothetical question—it's daily reality. A review published in Applied Sciences reveals the shocking reality about indoor air quality in social housing throughout low and middl…

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#75 - Sarah Gudeman: The Human Side of Sustainable Engineering 1:46:47

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Send us a text What distinguishes a truly healthy building from one that simply meets minimum code requirements? In this conversation with Sarah Gudeman, Principal and Practice Lead at Branch Pattern, we explore the critical intersection where engineering expertise meets human-centered design in the pursuit of better built environments. Sarah bring…

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One Take #3 - Beyond the Comfy Chair: Home indoor air quality and cognitive function over one 13:33

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Send us a text Ever wondered why you sometimes struggle to focus when working from home? We dive into fascinating new research that connects the invisible elements of our home environments to how well our brains function during remote work. This episode explores groundbreaking 2024 research fromAnna s. Young and colleagues who monitored over 200 re…

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#74 - Joseph Allen: Communicating science and turning in buildings into health assets 1:50:53

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Send us a text What if the air you breathe at work is silently shaping your performance, creativity, and health? Harvard's Dr. Joseph Allen has become the leading voice connecting building science with human potential - showing how something as simple as better ventilation can transform productivity while protecting health. In this wide-ranging con…

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One Take #2 - Experimental analysis to quantify inactivation of microorganisms by Far-UVC 10:49

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Send us a text Imagine a technology that could silently work in the background, destroying harmful microbes in the air we breathe without harming us. That's the promise of Far-UVC light at 222 nanometers, and groundbreaking room-scale research just brought this closer to reality. Hospital-acquired infections alone cost the NHS £2.7 billion annually…

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Episode 8: Air Purification Basics 14:01

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Welcome to episode 8! We’re diving into the basics of air purification, offering you practical, science-backed information on how to make the air you breathe cleaner, whether you’re on a tight budget or ready to invest in advanced solutions. I’ll be discussing air purifiers, DIY solutions, and things in between—because clean air should be accessibl…

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#73 - Olivia Swann & Dan Bowers: Echo Chambers and Interlopers: Breaking Down Built Environment Barriers 1:08:55

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Send us a text What happens when a pediatrician who codes and a psychologist studying technology acceptance walk into a built environment conference? Sometimes the most illuminating perspectives come from the margins. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Olivia Swan, a pediatric infectious disease consultant and data scientist, and Dan Bowers, head…

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One Take #1: Ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications 7:34

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Send us a text We explore a paper examining the future of residential air quality and its environmental justice implications. This research highlights how poor indoor air quality disproportionately affects disadvantaged communities, creating a "triple jeopardy" of higher exposure, greater health burdens, and limited resources to address the problem…

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#72 - John Wenger: Hydroxyl Radicals: Nature's Invisible Engine Room, Ambient Air and more 1:41:03

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Send us a text Have you ever wondered what's really happening in the air around us? In this captivating conversation with Professor John Wenger of University College Cork, we dive into the hidden chemistry that shapes our atmosphere and affects our health in ways most of us never consider. At the heart of our discussion is the fascinating world of …

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Episode 7: The History of Air Pollution and Air Quality Efforts (Part 2) 9:47

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Welcome to part two of the history of air pollution and air quality efforts. The history of air pollution is a history of our response to crisis. Although air quality laws have saved countless lives, air pollution levels in many cities still exceed safe limits. On a global level, over 90% of the population breathes polluted air on a daily basis, wi…

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#71 - Asit Kumar Mishra: Data, People, and Buildings: The Life of a Built Environment Researcher 1:18:11

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Send us a text What drives someone to spend two decades studying the air we breathe indoors? In this conversation, I sit down with Asit Kumar Mishra, a research fellow at University College Cork, to explore the fascinating world behind the research that shapes our built environments. Asit takes us on a journey from his early days as a mechanical en…

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#70 - Rosie Wills: Housing's Hidden Battles and Data Driven Solutions to Damp and Mould 1:18:36

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Send us a text The curious mind can transform an industry—and that's exactly what Rosie Wills has accomplished at Mid Devon Housing. Her journey from accidental investigator to sector-recognized expert offers a masterclass in how systematic curiosity can revolutionize approaches to persistent housing problems. Starting with a simple desire to reduc…

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Episode 6: The History of Air Pollution & Air Quality Efforts (part 1) 10:10

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Imagine stepping out of a time machine into the middle of ancient Rome. What you'd immediately experience is air pollution. We think of air pollution as a modern problem, but it's been shaping human history for thousands of years. In this episode, we’re diving into the history of air pollution and air quality efforts, going far back enough to befor…

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#69 - Carl Zimmer: Airborne - The Hidden History of the Air We Breathe 1:32:39

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Send us a text Carl Zimmer, columnist for the New York Times and acclaimed science writer, discusses his new book "Airborne" which explores the fascinating yet troubling history of how we understand disease transmission through air. • Pandemic debates about COVID transmission revealed historical patterns of resistance to airborne disease theories •…

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Episode 5: Urban Air Quality 10:36

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Urban air quality is shaped by traffic, industry, buildings, gentrification, and even the different way cities are designed. But here’s the big question: What is this daily pollution doing to our health? Send us fan mail Support the show Thanks for tuning in, I hope you’ve been finding this information helpful! If so, please share with a friend! Ha…

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#68 - Jelle Laverge, Gaëlle Guyotte and Marc Abadie - Clean Air, Smart Buildings and Annex 86 1:29:37

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Send us a text What happens when 46 research institutes from 21 countries join forces to tackle one of our most pressing indoor environmental challenges? A groundbreaking framework that's already changing how we approach air quality in our homes. The Annex 86 project represents a fascinating convergence of engineering, chemistry, and public health …

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#67- Barry Cope: You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure: How Proper Ventilation Testing Could Save Lives 1:58:10

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Send us a text The quality of air we breathe in our homes directly impacts our health, yet the ventilation systems responsible for delivering that air are failing at alarming rates. In this eye-opening conversation with Barry Cope, Group Managing Director of ATMA and SITMA, we delve into the troubling disconnect between air tightness testing (which…

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Episode 4: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) 13:32

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Considering that we spend 90% of our time indoors, the quality of that air matters! On this episode, we explore what contributes to indoor air pollution, how it affects your health, and what you can do about it. Send us fan mail Support the show Thanks for tuning in, I hope you’ve been finding this information helpful! If so, please share with a fr…

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66 - Aayush Jha: Clean Air as a Service: The Future of Indoor Environments? 1:30:44

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Send us a text The revolutionary "clean air as a service" business model is transforming how we approach indoor air quality in challenging environments. Rather than simply selling filtration equipment with uncertain outcomes, companies like Clairco are guaranteeing results through a comprehensive system of monitoring, analytics, and accountability.…

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#65 - Steven "Robbie" Burns & Ian Ray: The Air They Breathe: A Firefighter's Unseen Battle 1:54:16

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Send us a text What happens when those who run toward danger face an invisible, deadly threat long after the flames are extinguished? This compelling episode pulls back the curtain on the shocking occupational health crisis affecting firefighters worldwide. Stephen "Robbie" Burns and Ian Ray bring decades of fire service experience to share the dev…

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Episode 3: What Is AQI? 9:09

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The AQI, or Air Quality Index, is a simple way to communicate how clean or polluted the air is, using numbers and colors that anyone can understand. But what does it all mean, and how does that affect you? In this episode, we decode the AQI and help you make sense of what that means for you and your family. Send us fan mail Support the show Thanks …

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Episode 1: Inhale, Exhale: An Introduction to Air Quality 11:50

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Welcome to the introductory episode of Inhale, Exhale: An Air Quality Podcast! Breathing. It’s one of the most basic things we require to stay alive, and yet, we rarely stop to consider what’s actually in the air we're taking in. Check out this first episode as we dive into the basics of air quality, how it affects you, and why you should care. Sen…

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Episode 2: The Air We Breathe 9:04

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What if I told you that with each breath, you’re inhaling much more than just the air you need to survive? Tiny, invisible particles, chemicals, and gases enter your lungs every time you breathe. Some are harmless. Some are not. On this episode, we explore what's supposed to be in the air we breathe, what's actually in it, and how it affects you. S…

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#64 - Liz Male: Communicating Complexity: How to Craft Messages That Resonate and Tell Stories that win Hearts and Minds 1:44:06

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Send us a text We explore the art of communicating technical subjects effectively with PR expert Liz Male MBE, focusing on how consistency in messaging builds trust and the power of storytelling to convey complex information. • Communications in the built environment have improved but remain inconsistent across the industry • Consistency in messagi…

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#63 - David Pierpoint: Quality Over Quantity. Why Proper Training Transforms Our Building Environment 1:17:34

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Send us a text David Pierpoint discusses how skills and training are key to improving quality in our built environment, drawing from his 15 years of experience developing the retrofit sector through The Retrofit Academy. • Industry struggles with consistent quality in both retrofit and ventilation sectors • Government funding often focuses on singl…

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#62 - Simon Jones: Healthy Building, On Air, Mouldy Homes and New Laws 25:55

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Send us a text Solo episode this week as we catch up on the ISIAQ Healthy Buildings Conference in Hyderabad in India, a new venture for Air Quality Matters and an exploration of indoor air quality intersects with the urgent issues of damp and mould affecting housing today. The importance of recent legislation and proactive measures for healthy livi…

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#61 - Hector Altimirano: Rethinking Mould - Health Implications, Diagnostic Challenges, and Global Collaboration in Building Science 1:44:57

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Send us a text In this episode, we delve into the intricate relationship between mould, our built environments, and health. Hector Altamirano shares insights on how mould serves as a messenger for underlying issues in our homes, the potential health impacts of mould exposure, and the importance of fostering healthier living conditions. • Exploring …

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#60 - Corinne Mandin, Paweł Wargocki & Henry Burridge: Transforming Classroom Air Quality – Cognitive Impact, Health Challenges, and Sustainable Solutions 1:10:20

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Send us a text This episode, live from the Eurovent Conference on School Air Quality we discusses the crucial relationship between indoor air quality and children's health and cognitive performance in classrooms. We analyse the current state of air quality in schools, the need for effective monitoring and improvement strategies, and the potential b…

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#59 - Plum Stone: Addressing Indoor Air Quality – Health, Accessibility, Social Justice, and Pandemic Lessons 1:55:34

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Send us a text Indoor air quality is an often-overlooked issue that directly impacts public health, especially for individuals with chronic illnesses. Plum Stone, founder of the Safer Air Project, emphasizes the need for better air quality standards to ensure accessibility and inclusion for vulnerable populations. Through personal anecdotes and pro…

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#58 - Jeff Colley: Navigating Sustainability Challenges – Building Performance, Regulatory Evolution, and Global Perspectives 1:34:38

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Send us a text This episode emphasises the vital connection between indoor air quality and building sustainability, featuring insights from expert Jeff Colley. The discussion covers advancements in air-tightness standards, the importance of empirical data, the challenges of communication in the industry, and the necessity for robust regulatory fram…

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#57 - John Edwards: Preserving Heritage Buildings – Ventilation Challenges, Retrofitting Pitfalls, and the Path to Skilled Expertise 1:58:35

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Send us a text This episode explores the challenges traditional buildings face regarding air quality and moisture management, featuring expert John Edwards. We discuss the skills gap in the construction industry, the need for training, effective measurement and monitoring practices for air quality, and the importance of adapting our approaches to h…

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#56 - Jack Harvie-Clark: Unravelling Noise Impact – Acoustic Health Challenges, Building Standards, and Innovations 1:57:32

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Send us a text The podcast episode explores the intricate relationship between sound quality, health, and ventilation systems in our built environments. It discusses the direct and indirect impacts of noise on human health, emphasizing the importance of considering acoustics in air quality management. Key points include non-acoustic factors influen…

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#55 - Nels Anderson: Bridging Air Quality Gaps – Middle Tier Sensors, Occupational Safety, and Technological Integration 1:22:48

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Send us a text Understanding the intersection of low-cost sensors and advanced environmental technology is crucial for enhancing air quality monitoring. The episode features an insightful conversation with Nels Anderson, who discusses the emergence of near reference grade sensors, the evolving role of occupational hygienists, and the impact of COVI…

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#54 - Joakim Lindh: Revolutionizing Indoor Air Quality – Strategic Growth, Health-Centric Environments, and B2B Challenges 1:46:17

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Send us a text What if the air you breathe indoors is affecting your health more than you realise? Join us for a discussion with Joakim Lindh, Airthings' Head of Strategic Growth, as we uncover the evolving priorities in indoor air quality monitoring. Explore how Airthings is pivoting its strategy in 2024 to create environments centered around peop…

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#53 - Maria Figols: Advancements in Indoor Air Quality - Sensor Innovations, Precision Challenges, and Future Connectivity Solutions 1:56:01

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Send us a text Ever wondered how the air we breathe indoors is being monitored with cutting-edge technology? Join us in this enlightening episode of Air Quality Matters as we sit down with Maria Figols, the Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of inBiot, who shares her journey from technical architecture in Spain to leading innovations in sensor…

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#52 - John McKeon: Bridging Health and Environment - Indoor Air Quality Innovations, Historical Insights, and Collaborative Healthcare Approaches 1:55:55

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Send us a text The intricate relationship between health and the environments we inhabit, featuring insights from John McKeon, CEO of Allergy Standards Limited. This episode discusses how improving indoor air quality can transform health outcomes, drawing fascinating connections with historical public health achievements. Discover the pivotal role …

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#51 - Tim Sharpe: Improving Home Ventilation - Architecture's Role, Usability Challenges, and Health Implications 2:11:16

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Send us a text A healthier home environment with Tim Sharp, head of architecture at the University of Strathclyde. Our latest episode challenges the notion that energy efficiency can coexist with optimal indoor air quality without regular testing and innovation. Join us as we address the widespread misconceptions surrounding ventilation in both new…

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#50 - Peter Rankin: Transforming UK Building Safety - Regulation Reforms, Ventilation Standards, and Collaborative Innovations 1:39:23

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Send us a text Join us as we explore the significant transformations in building safety regulations in the UK with Peter Rankin, a leading expert from the Health and Safety Executive. Following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, sweeping changes have reshaped the landscape of building safety, led by the establishment of the Building Safety Regulator u…

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