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In­door air quality

TagLast edit: Jun 21, 2023, 3:11 PM by Max Görlitz

The EPA defines Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) as “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.”

IAQ can easily be confused with air pollution; both refer to something similar.

Air pollution is defined by the WHO as “contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere.”

In the context of biosecurity, indoor air quality often refers more specifically to airborne pathogens in indoor environments. Therefore, it can be useful to use the term IAQ when discussing disease transmission risk and air pollution when talking about, e.g., outdoor smog.

Ob­sta­cles to the Im­ple­men­ta­tion of In­door Air Qual­ity Improvements

JesseSmithMay 29, 2023, 7:15 PM
187 points
22 comments7 min readEA link

Should UV sta­bil­ity of plas­tics be a con­cern for far-UVC adop­tion?

Sean LawrenceAug 31, 2023, 11:41 PM
36 points
3 comments6 min readEA link

Far-UVC for clean in­door air (Vi­vian Be­lenky on the Eng­ineered for Im­pact pod­cast)

Sean LawrenceSep 13, 2023, 1:59 PM
16 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(engineeredforimpact.show)

The Next EA Global Should Have Safe Air

joshcmorrisonSep 19, 2022, 5:04 AM
137 points
45 comments2 min readEA link

Air Safety to Com­bat Global Catas­trophic Biorisks [REVISED]

Gavriel KleinwaksMay 3, 2023, 6:25 PM
60 points
3 comments6 min readEA link
(drive.google.com)

Does the US pub­lic sup­port ul­tra­vi­o­let ger­mi­ci­dal ir­ra­di­a­tion tech­nol­ogy for re­duc­ing risks from pathogens?

Jam KraprayoonFeb 3, 2023, 2:10 PM
111 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

[Cause Ex­plo­ra­tion Prizes] In­door Air Qual­ity to Re­duce In­fec­tious Re­s­pi­ra­tory Disease

Gavriel KleinwaksAug 30, 2022, 3:18 AM
53 points
0 comments17 min readEA link

How a ven­tila­tion rev­olu­tion could help miti­gate the im­pacts of air pol­lu­tion and air­borne pathogens

Mike CassidyNov 16, 2021, 11:19 AM
68 points
5 comments14 min readEA link

First clean wa­ter, now clean air

finmApr 30, 2023, 6:01 PM
188 points
14 comments17 min readEA link
(finmoorhouse.com)

New NAO preprint: In­door air sam­pling for de­tec­tion of viral nu­cleic acids

ljustenMay 16, 2024, 3:02 PM
46 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Im­prov­ing In­door Air Qual­ity for Public Health in Malaysia

Chloe LeeMay 25, 2024, 11:19 AM
14 points
1 comment4 min readEA link

Start an Up­per-Room UV In­stal­la­tion Com­pany?

Jeff Kaufman 🔸Oct 19, 2024, 11:43 PM
38 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

If far-UV is so great, why isn’t it ev­ery­where?

AustinOct 19, 2024, 6:56 PM
66 points
3 comments9 min readEA link
(strainhardening.substack.com)

Ubiquitous Far-Ul­travi­o­let Light Could Con­trol the Spread of Covid-19 and Other Pandemics

avturchinMar 18, 2020, 6:30 PM
50 points
15 comments7 min readEA link
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