Thank you for this incredibly detailed and eye-opening post. Your real-world experience and the specific examples you’ve provided offer valuable insights that are often missing from broader discussions around IAQ interventions. I especially appreciated the focus on implementation gaps it’s easy to assume that if a solution exists, it will be executed properly, but your analysis highlights how often that’s not the case.
Your suggestion to prioritize transparent, low-complexity interventions (like visible CO₂ monitors and standalone filters with CADR displays) makes a lot of sense. I also found your point about HVAC industry culture and accountability particularly compelling there seems to be a significant disconnect between what public health policies propose and what field technicians are realistically equipped (or motivated) to do.
If you plan to expand this work, I’d be interested in seeing:
Examples or case studies where IAQ interventions have been implemented successfully, and what made them work.
A deeper look at potential training/certification solutions or third-party oversight mechanisms that could bridge the competence gap in the residential/light commercial HVAC space.
Any ideas on how to improve communication and collaboration between public health experts and the HVAC industry.
Thank you again for shedding light on this important, and often under-discussed, aspect of IAQ policy.
Thank you for this incredibly detailed and eye-opening post. Your real-world experience and the specific examples you’ve provided offer valuable insights that are often missing from broader discussions around IAQ interventions. I especially appreciated the focus on implementation gaps it’s easy to assume that if a solution exists, it will be executed properly, but your analysis highlights how often that’s not the case.
Your suggestion to prioritize transparent, low-complexity interventions (like visible CO₂ monitors and standalone filters with CADR displays) makes a lot of sense. I also found your point about HVAC industry culture and accountability particularly compelling there seems to be a significant disconnect between what public health policies propose and what field technicians are realistically equipped (or motivated) to do.
If you plan to expand this work, I’d be interested in seeing:
Examples or case studies where IAQ interventions have been implemented successfully, and what made them work.
A deeper look at potential training/certification solutions or third-party oversight mechanisms that could bridge the competence gap in the residential/light commercial HVAC space.
Any ideas on how to improve communication and collaboration between public health experts and the HVAC industry.
Thank you again for shedding light on this important, and often under-discussed, aspect of IAQ policy.