Enhancing Indoor Air Quality for Health and Well-being
Indoor Air Quality FAQ
What is indoor air quality?
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to the air quality within and around buildings and structures, especially as it relates to the health and comfort of building occupants. Understanding and controlling common pollutants indoors can help reduce your risk of indoor health concerns.
How bad is indoor air quality?
Air quality can be more than three times worse indoors than outdoors, according to a study by UK air pollution campaign Clean Air Day. In our guide, we explain what you can do to improve your indoor air quality at home. We all know that outdoor pollution is a problem, but the chances are you're not too worried about the quality of air in your home.
Does indoor air pollution affect your health?
The quality of the air you breathe in has a direct impact on your health. You’re probably very aware that outdoor air pollution is bad for your health and the planet. But so is indoor air pollution too. Here I explain more about indoor air pollution and how you can improve the air quality in your home. What are the causes of indoor air pollution?
How does indoor air quality differ from outdoor air quality?
Indoor air quality is a complex phenomenon but has been studied far less than air quality outdoors. In the absence of indoor sources of pollution, indoor air quality is determined by ingress of outdoor air, balanced with pollutant loss processes such as deposition to surfaces and through ventilation.
Is there a dataset for indoor air quality in the UK?
No such datasets exists for indoor air quality in the UK. Instead, the only quantitative evidence on indoor air quality comes from individual research studies in specific indoor micro-environments (e.g., homes, schools, transport, rail stations, shops etc.) with fragmented and inconsistent pollutant speciation.
What are the parameters of indoor air quality?
Models investigating indoor air quality in buildings need to consider many different parameters in order to provide as accurate a representation of reality as possible. These parameters may be grouped into three categories: building characteristics, climate parameters and human factors such as occupancy pattern, activities etc.
Indoor Air Quality References
If you want to know more about Indoor Air Quality, consider exploring links below:
What Is Indoor Air Quality
- https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng149
- https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/introduction-indoor-air-quality
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_air_quality
- https://www.bupa.co.uk/newsroom/ourviews/indoor-air-quality
- https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/air-purifiers/article/how-to-improve-your-indoor-air-quality-at-home-azaoP5x4Wcvl
- https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/indoor-air
- https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/household-air-pollution-and-health
- https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/reports/cat09/2211011000_15062022_Indoor_Air_Quality_Report_Final.pdf
- https://www.allergyuk.org/resources/indoor-air-quality-factsheet/
- https://www.rsc.org/policy-evidence-campaigns/chemical-waste-and-pollution/indoor-air-quality/
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