Air Quality Matters-logo

Air Quality Matters

Science & Technology News

Over the last two decades, I have had the privilege to talk with and even consider as friends some of the brightest minds, innovators and leaders in the field of air quality, ventilation and the built environment. My hope is to bring some of these conversations to you in this podcast. Conversation with the people at the heart of this sector. About them and their organisations. What they are working on, where this is going.

Location:

Ireland

Description:

Over the last two decades, I have had the privilege to talk with and even consider as friends some of the brightest minds, innovators and leaders in the field of air quality, ventilation and the built environment. My hope is to bring some of these conversations to you in this podcast. Conversation with the people at the heart of this sector. About them and their organisations. What they are working on, where this is going.

Language:

English


Episodes
Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#24 - Chris Rush: Elevating Air Quality in our Indoor Spaces - Strategies, Communication, and Career Paths

5/20/2024
Send us a Text Message. A conversation with Chris Rush Chris is a Director and air quality consultant lead at Hoare Lea, an award-winning, multi-discipline engineering consultancy with a creative team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists. Part of the Tetra Tech Group, a global provider of environmentally focused consulting and engineering services, and part of its renowned Tetra Tech High-Performance Buildings Group. Chris is focused on promoting air quality's crucial health and well-being role in our built environment and the opportunity that buildings play as part of this. Through his involvement as chair of the professional body for air quality in the UK – the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM), vice chair of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Air Quality Working Group and council member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) he aims to improve and is passionate about harnessing the value of air quality through the design and operation of buildings. He is a Chartered Environmentalist, a Member of the Institute of Acoustics, a Full Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, a Member of the IES as well as Full Member of the IAQM. Chris is a thought leader in this field, and the impact he and large consultancy practices play in moving the needle, not just with customers but internally in the cross pollination of ideas and idials, is enormous. He is at the vanguard of air quality in the built environment not just through Hoare lea but also in the development and growth of the IAQM. Chris Rush - LinkedIn Hoare Lea Tetra Tech Institute of Air Quality Management Institute of Environmental Science Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:01:39:43

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#23 - Mazen Jamal: Navigating the Future of Healthy Buildings and Smart Buildings

5/13/2024
Send us a Text Message. A conversation with Mazen Jamal With two decades of experience in the built environment, Mazen's journey in sales has led him from the Middle East to Sweden, where he started working in early prop-tech companies specializing in space utilization, occupancy detection, Indoor Air Quality monitoring, and smart/healthy building analytics. Since he has conducted business across North America, and Continental Europe, all the way to India, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. I always think it's interesting talking to people involved in business development, account management and sales it is at the bleeding commercial edge of the sector. It's close to my heart, but professionals like Mazen are also having conversations daily with the people who count, the customers, in whatever form they take, from C-suite executives to space users. So it was a real pleasure to talk to Mazen, someone driven to grow the digital smart built environment. And someone who has worked at the coal face in sensor tech, smart buildings and healthy buildings. Mazen is a straight shooter, and full of insight. Well respected and worth a listen to, in my opinion. Mazen Jamal - LinkedIn Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:01:43:27

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#22 - Tom Robins: Shaping the Future of Living Spaces with Data Insights and Switchee

5/6/2024
Send us a Text Message. Tom Robins - CEO - Switchee Founded in 2015 by Adam Fudakowski (CEO) and Ian Napier (CCO), they believed that internet-connected technology could be applied to help social landlords better manage their stock and reduce residents' fuel bills. The solution: a smart thermostat designed specifically for landlords with a dashboard providing real-time data and insights, including some of the environmental conditions within the home. Following Ian’s death in tragic circumstances in 2019, Adam and the team resolved to continue growing the business in his memory. In 2020 Tom came into the business and a year later promoted to CEO. Under his stewardship, the business has continued to grow. Tom has spent his career in scale-up leadership roles; Manufacturing Consulting with Newton, Financial Services Analytics with BIPB, A Board Decision Platform with Board Intelligence and Telecommunications with Community Fibre. He has been working with the Housing Sector since 2015 and believes in the power of technology to improve the quality of life for residents while transforming the operating model for providers. Tom is a real people-focused leader with a track record in building and motivating teams. He also has a technical background, with a master's in chemical engineering from the University of Cambridge. I have followed Switchee’s journey from its early days and have been fascinated by the passion of the people in it and its mission-led approach to data from the built environment. I was intrigued to chat with Tom about Switchee’s lived experience of translating data in a meaningful way, that they genuinely try to answer important questions in the sector and how that potential can be unlocked. As more and more of the spaces we occupy provide meaningful data about the environment around us, the lessons companies like Switcee are learning could be valuable insight for others. Moreover, Tom can paint a picture of what scale-up in this space looks like and the potential it holds. Tom Robins - Linkedin Switchee Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:01:32:58

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#21 - Richard Corsi: Do particulates matter? - The National Academies report and a CR Box

4/29/2024
Send us a Text Message. Dr. Richard Corsi Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Davis. His team has researched indoor source dynamics, indoor chemistry, and innovative and accessible control technologies for reducing exposure to indoor air pollutants. During his 24 years as a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin. He was an endowed research chair and member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, and served as Director of a National Science Foundation program on Indoor Environmental Science and Engineering that spawned many successful scholars of indoor air science. Richard's work has been cited in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Economist, Forbes, National Geographic ……. He is a past President of the Academy of Fellows of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) and past President of the society’s signature conference Indoor Air 2011 in Austin, Texas. He recently chaired a National Academies committee report on Health Risks of Indoor Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Practical Mitigation Solutions. A truly multidisciplinary endevour that has produced a state of the science report that is truly phenomenal. And I think is going to be the go to reference for some time. I was really keen to talk to Richard about this report, as his overview of the work is a must listen for anybody working in the built environment, and his ability to bring to life a 270 odd page report in plain english is truly a skill. I was also keen to talk to one of the people behind the Corsi Rosenthal box, the DIY air cleaner that burst into prominence during the pandemic and turned the sector on its head in many ways. Ive been looking forward to bringing this conversation to you, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Richard Corsi LinkedIn Richard Corsi UC Davies National Academies Report Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:01:45:33

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#20 - Simon Jones :Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings

4/22/2024
Send us a Text Message. An article recently published in Science, advocating for air quality standards in public buildings, is a fantastic position from many leading voices in the scientific air quality community. I spent a little bit of time this week talking about it and some of the issues and challenges with the proposition. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl0677 Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:25:28

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#19 - Dan Hyde: Impact of User Experience in the Built Environment, Ventilation and Air Quality

4/15/2024
Send us a Text Message. Dan Hyde Dan is a UX strategist, researcher, co-host of the Zero Ambitions Podcast (a podcast about sustainability and the built environment), and co-founder of the magazine that ultimately evolved into Passive House Plus. At Everything is User Experience, Dan and Alex his co-founder develop the strategy that underpins everything from apps and websites, to bid writing, service design, and corporate sustainability communications. Working in the built environment, finance, and healthcare sectors, they carry out practical research that can be turned into simple, strategic packages that enable their clients to create experiences that work for all users. In a full circle, Dan is a partner in a spin-off of the Zero Ambitions podcast, the Zero Ambitions Partnership offering much of the same strategy advice around UX, but focused specifically on the built environment, with Alex and Jeff Colley, the editor and owner of Passive House Plus and co-host of the podcast of the same name. I wanted Dan on because he is just a great value to talk to anyway. One of his many skills. However, beyond the performance gap in IAQ and ventilation in general, we have a significant communications gap, both with users of spaces and the stakeholders who deliver and manage them. Good UX and design in how we structure strategy, communicate it, and provide ongoing support are everything. This chat scratches at some of these ideas. EIUX website - https://www.everythingisuserexperience.com EIUX LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/everythingisuserexperience/ Dan’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-hyde-61863112/ Futurebuild panel on YouTube (Does deep retrofit = deep impact Insights) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUIf45yc0wc ZAP LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/zero-ambitions-podcast ZAP episodes - https://feeds.transistor.fm/zero-ambitions Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:01:53:26

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#18 - Simon Jones: If not you, then who?

4/8/2024
Send us a Text Message. This week I ask the question. If not you then who? Who is going to measure ventilation in the context of retrofit assessment and other housing scenarios, beyond competent ventilation installers and assessors, and how might that look? It was a question I raised in response to the publication of the RICS Residential Retrofit Standard. Have a listen and let me know what you think RICS Residential Retrofit Standard Air quality matters in housing Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:27:22

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#17 Ellora Coupe: Pioneering Healthy Homes Through Her Own Space

4/1/2024
Send us a Text Message. A Conversation with Ellora Coupe Discover how Ellora Coupe, founder of Her Own Space, is transforming the renovation and retrofit industry for women homeowners. Join us, where Ellora shares her innovative strategies that are making air quality and ventilation relatable and actionable. With her unique blend of branding expertise and renovation savvy, she advocates for healthier living environments and provides a platform that empowers women to take charge of their homes. Collaboration and trust are key in the realm of home retrofit. Through Her Own Space, Ellora has cultivated a thriving community of over 3,000 women who support each other through the trials and triumphs of retrofit projects. If you listen to the podcast, you have probably heard me talk several times about the need to better frame subjects like air quality in the built environment. To understand stakeholder needs and find ways to communicate in more effective ways. I have a lot of respect for Ellora; she has created in her own space a place of story telling, knowledge building and trust. Something we could learn a lot from in nieces like air quality and ventilation. Learn how to understand a stakeholder group, in this case, women in retrofit, renovation, and home building. But more importantly, open communication up into a dialogue—a conversation, a network. Ellora Coupe - LinkedIn Her Own Space Her Own Space - Facebook Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:01:32:25

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#16 - Simon Jones: Particles Matter and so does accountability

3/4/2024
Send us a Text Message. Simon Jones I look back at the last 4 episodes of Air Quality Matters this week. I discuss a good National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine document. 2024. - Health Risks of Indoor Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Practical Mitigation A recently released paper on Indoor Air Quality, Thermal Comfort, and Ventilation in Deep Energy Retrofitted Irish Dwellings Plus, I might have a few things to say about the outcomes of studies like this! Health Risks of Indoor Exposures to Fine Particulate Matter and Practical Mitigation Solutions Indoor Air Quality, Thermal Comfort, and Ventilation in Deep Energy Retrofitted Irish Dwellings Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:26:10

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#15.1 - Cath Noakes: On the Frontiers of Air Quality and Disease Prevention in Buildings

2/26/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part - 1 Professor Catherine Noakes is a chartered mechanical engineer with a background in fluid dynamics. She is the Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Leeds where she leads research into ventilation, indoor air quality and infection control in the built environment using experimental and modelling-based studies. From April 2020- 22 she participated in the UK Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), where she co-chaired the Environment and Modelling Group sub-focusing on the science underpinning environmental transmission of COVID-19. She has also contributed to numerous advisory and working groups including with WHO and as part of the working group for the Royal Academy of Engineering work on Infection Resilient Environments. In 2021, she was awarded an OBE for her contribution to the COVID-19 pandemic response, and in 2023, she was awarded the Royal Society Gabor medal for her contribution to interdisciplinary science in understanding the transmission of infection. We discussed as you would imagine, her work over the last few years and what the built environment can take away from this global pandemic. We talked about risk, air cleaners and her experience as a domain expert suddenly thrust into the pandemic's whirlwind. Cath Noakes - LinkedIn Cath Noakes - University of Leeds Christmas Lectures - Going Viral SAGE Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:59:34

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#15.2 - Cath Noakes: The Air Quality Puzzle for Pandemic Resistance and the Vision of a National Indoor Air Quality Observatory

2/26/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part - 2 Professor Catherine Noakes is a chartered mechanical engineer with a background in fluid dynamics. She is the Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Leeds where she leads research into ventilation, indoor air quality and infection control in the built environment using experimental and modelling-based studies. From April 2020- 22 she participated in the UK Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), where she co-chaired the Environment and Modelling Group sub-focusing on the science underpinning environmental transmission of COVID-19. She has also contributed to numerous advisory and working groups including with WHO and as part of the working group for the Royal Academy of Engineering work on Infection Resilient Environments. In 2021, she was awarded an OBE for her contribution to the COVID-19 pandemic response, and in 2023, she was awarded the Royal Society Gabor medal for her contribution to interdisciplinary science in understanding the transmission of infection. We discussed as you would imagine, her work over the last few years and what the built environment can take away from this global pandemic. We talked about risk, air cleaners and her experience as a domain expert suddenly thrust into the pandemic's whirlwind. Cath Noakes - LinkedIn Cath Noakes - University of Leeds Christmas Lectures - Going Viral SAGE Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:51:46

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#14.1 - Priyanka Kulshreshtha: On the Frontlines of India's Indoor Air Quality Revolution

2/19/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part 1 Priyanka Kulshreshtha - is a founding member and Secretary of the Society of Indoor Environment (SIE), a policy think tank for issues related to indoor environmental quality in India. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Delhi. She has been on the editorial board of prominent international journals, including the Journal of Health and Pollution, Sustainability in Environment, Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, Environmental Research, to name just a few. She has been the Editor of SIE's quarterly newsletter, “THE INDOORS “, since 2019. She has experience working on the European Union Project “HEALTH EVENT” and has, to her credit, more than 30 publications in international journals, articles, and conference papers. A visiting faculty at the International Centre for Environmental Audit and Sustainable Development and has also worked with policymakers in India regarding formulation and scoping of IAQ guidelines. With two decades in the field of indoor air quality management. Her core domain of work is research on Indoor Air Quality and its exposure assessment. Priyanka is a fascinating window into the field of air quality in India right now, where it has come from and where it may be heading. She is at the heart of an exciting yet challenging environment, with so much at stake and potential. You really get the sense talking to Priyanka that things are on the move in India, and there is a generation of bright and committed researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals making waves. We had a great conversation about the particular challenges of air quality in Dehli and other parts of the country, her work around homes, schools, the workplace, standards and where all this might be going. Priyanka Kulshreshtha - LinkedIn Society of Indoor Environment (SIE) Indian Insititute of Sustainable Development Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:50:03

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#14.2 - Priyanka Kulshreshtha: Engaging Citizens in the Pursuit of Clean Air

2/19/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part 2 Priyanka Kulshreshtha - is a founding member and Secretary of the Society of Indoor Environment (SIE), a policy think tank for issues related to indoor environmental quality in India. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Delhi. She has been on the editorial board of prominent international journals, including the Journal of Health and Pollution, Sustainability in Environment, Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, Environmental Research, to name just a few. She has been the Editor of SIE's quarterly newsletter, “THE INDOORS “, since 2019. She has experience working on the European Union Project “HEALTH EVENT” and has, to her credit, more than 30 publications in international journals, articles, and conference papers. A visiting faculty at the International Centre for Environmental Audit and Sustainable Development and has also worked with policymakers in India regarding formulation and scoping of IAQ guidelines. With two decades in the field of indoor air quality management. Her core domain of work is research on Indoor Air Quality and its exposure assessment. Priyanka is a fascinating window into the field of air quality in India right now, where it has come from and where it may be heading. She is at the heart of an exciting yet challenging environment, with so much at stake and potential. You really get the sense talking to Priyanka that things are on the move in India, and there is a generation of bright and committed researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals making waves. We had a great conversation about the particular challenges of air quality in Dehli and other parts of the country, her work around homes, schools, the workplace, standards and where all this might be going. Priyanka Kulshreshtha - LinkedIn Society of Indoor Environment (SIE) Indian Insititute of Sustainable Development Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:49:23

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#13.2 - Stephanie Taylor: The Role of Building Microbiomes in Our Health, the ASHRAE conference and more. more

2/12/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part -2 Stephanie Taylor received her Medical Degree from Harvard and subsequently practised pediatric oncology while researching cellular growth control mechanisms for the next several decades. While taking care of hospitalised patients, she became increasingly convinced that the healthcare facility played a significant role in patient healing and in healthcare-associated infections. Determined better to understand the built environment's impact on patients, she returned to school and obtained her Master's in Architecture. She is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and is on the Standards Committee for Performance Metrics for Occupied Buildings. She is also a member of the US Green Building Council technical advisory board on Indoor Air Quality. In 2019 she founded Building4Health to scale the powerful yet underutilised approach of managing IAQ from a medical perspective to support occupant health. She brings together a fascinating convergence of human health, microbiology and architecture, I first met her a few years ago in Athens where she was giving a plenary presentation on the impacts of the microbiom of buildings on human health and it was one of the presentations that has stuck with me ever since. So it was a real privilege to get to have an extended conversation with her about her journey from medicine to buildings, the philosophy and approach of Build4Health and how these two areas of expertise can come together. After all, we mostly build buildings for people and a human-centred approach is a perspective we sometimes lose. Stephanie Taylor - LinkedIn Build4Health Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:01:00:45

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#13.1 - Stephanie Taylor: Transforming Spaces into Healing Places – The Convergence of Architecture and Medicine for Healthier Indoor Air

2/5/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part -1 Stephanie Taylor received her Medical Degree from Harvard and subsequently practised pediatric oncology while researching cellular growth control mechanisms for the next several decades. While taking care of hospitalised patients, she became increasingly convinced that the healthcare facility played a significant role in patient healing and in healthcare-associated infections. Determined better to understand the built environment's impact on patients, she returned to school and obtained her Master's in Architecture. She is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and is on the Standards Committee for Performance Metrics for Occupied Buildings. She is also a member of the US Green Building Council technical advisory board on Indoor Air Quality. In 2019 she founded Building4Health to scale the powerful yet underutilised approach of managing IAQ from a medical perspective to support occupant health. She brings together a fascinating convergence of human health, microbiology and architecture, I first met her a few years ago in Athens where she was giving a plenary presentation on the impacts of the microbiom of buildings on human health and it was one of the presentations that has stuck with me ever since. So it was a real privilege to get to have an extended conversation with her about her journey from medicine to buildings, the philosophy and approach of Build4Health and how these two areas of expertise can come together. After all, we mostly build buildings for people and a human-centred approach is a perspective we sometimes lose. Stephanie Taylor - LinkedIn Build4Health Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:53:14

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#12.1 - Francesca Brady: Investing in the Air We Breathe and a Thriving Workplace Environment.

1/29/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part 1 Francesca Brady - is CEO and Co-Founder of AirRated an indoor air quality (IAQ) certification company She is an advisory member for the Camden Clean Air Initiative, the BREEAM Health and Wellbeing technical group, and a member of the International WELL Building Institute's Covid-19 Taskforce. A rising star in air quality in many ways including on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2021 for her work with Air rated. With a Masters in Environmental Geoscience specialising in indoor atmospheric chemistry she was Formerly Head of Research for Air Rated, before taking on the role of CEO in 2020. Since then she has been dedicated to promoting and educating audiences from all walks of life about the importance, benefits and management of good indoor air quality. Francesca is a top-tier communicator and can frame a complex subject in ways that are resonating with the audience, clearly. Air rated is a standard with a laser focus on air quality and is growing in recognition year after year under her leadership. We discussed the value of labelling air quality in buildings and the challenges around building the business case. How Air rated is approaching the sector and creating accessible on-ramps for all classes of building. How air quality impacts performance, the bottom line ESG and so much more. Air Rated Francesca Brady LinkedIn Our Air in Review Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:52:55

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#12.2 - Francesca Brady: Harmonizing Air Quality and ESG Strategies for Healthier Workspaces and Sustainable Futures

1/29/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part 2 Francesca Brady - is CEO and Co-Founder of AirRated an indoor air quality (IAQ) certification company She is an advisory member for the Camden Clean Air Initiative, the BREEAM Health and Wellbeing technical group, and a member of the International WELL Building Institute's Covid-19 Taskforce. A rising star in air quality in many ways including on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2021 for her work with Air rated. With a Masters in Environmental Geoscience specialising in indoor atmospheric chemistry she was Formerly Head of Research for Air Rated, before taking on the role of CEO in 2020. Since then she has been dedicated to promoting and educating audiences from all walks of life about the importance, benefits and management of good indoor air quality. Francesca is a top-tier communicator and can frame a complex subject in ways that are resonating with the audience, clearly. Air rated is a standard with a laser focus on air quality and is growing in recognition year after year under her leadership. We discussed the value of labelling air quality in buildings and the challenges around building the business case. How Air rated is approaching the sector and creating accessible on-ramps for all classes of building. How air quality impacts performance, the bottom line ESG and so much more. Air Rated Francesca Brady LinkedIn Our Air in Review Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:58:56

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#11 - Simon Jones: Whispers of Reform, The Battle Against Mould and The Promise of Awaab's Law

1/22/2024
Send us a Text Message. Awaab's Law is out for consultation and a visit to home with Damp and Mould got me thinking. In this week's podcast, I talk about the story of Jen, a mum struggling to keep on top of mould in her home and the effect on her and her family. I also talk about the asset manager and their battle to keep on top of the issues on the estate and elsewhere under her management. For every case of extreme damp and mould that makes it into the news or generates an emergency response from a housing provider, there are countless more, sitting in this middle ground, just getting by. I discuss the challenge of the grey area in the middle, some of what is wrong with the sector in providing adequate ventilation and what is next. Future Homes Standard Consultation Managing and Addressing Damp and Mould in Housing Awaab's Law Consultation Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:17:42

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#10.1 - Pawel Wargocki: Defining the Science of Indoor Climates and the Evolution of Air Quality Technology

1/15/2024
Send us a Text Message. Pawel Wargocki - was recently promoted to Professor at DTU, Technical University of Denmark. He’s the Past President of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Previously, served as Chair of ASHRAE Environmental Health Committee and the Position Document Committee, Secretary of Academy of Indoor Air Sciences, and currently serving as a Director of the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy. Hel is an indoor climate scientist and expert, he teaches at undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. level courses, and supervises several Ph.D. and numerous M. Sc. students. His research has influenced the development of indoor air sciences, and it is hard to overstate the impact he has had in this sector. He continues to be involved in fascinating research on the impact of air quality on performance in the workplace, health and performance in schools, and the impact of air quality on sleep. He is behind a fascinating standard for assessing IEQ called tail and the list, honestly goes on. Pawel is one of my favourite people to talk to in this space, he is respected, experienced and sometimes outspoken. But always great value to spend around. We talked about so much in the episode, including his work on tail, how we are doing a characterisng air quality in general, some of his work on sleep and quite a bit more beside. Pawel Wargocki - DTU Linkedin - Pawel Wargocki TAIL - Indoor Environmental Quality Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:01:00:16

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

#10.2 - Paweł Wargocki: Mastering Air Quality and Ventilation for Health, Productivity, and Sustainable Building Design

1/15/2024
Send us a Text Message. Part 2 - Pawel Wargocki - was recently promoted to Professor at DTU, Technical University of Denmark. He’s the Past President of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate. Previously, served as Chair of ASHRAE Environmental Health Committee and the Position Document Committee, Secretary of Academy of Indoor Air Sciences, and currently serving as a Director of the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy. Hel is an indoor climate scientist and expert, he teaches at undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. level courses, and supervises several Ph.D. and numerous M. Sc. students. His research has influenced the development of indoor air sciences, and it is hard to overstate the impact he has had in this sector. He continues to be involved in fascinating research on the impact of air quality on performance in the workplace, health and performance in schools, and the impact of air quality on sleep. He is behind a fascinating standard for assessing IEQ called tail and the list, honestly goes on. Pawel is one of my favourite people to talk to in this space, he is respected, experienced and sometimes outspoken. But always great value to spend around. We talked about so much in the episode, including his work on tail, how we are doing a characterisng air quality in general, some of his work on sleep and quite a bit more beside. Pawel Wargocki - DTU Linkedin - Pawel Wargocki TAIL - Indoor Environmental Quality Support the Show. Good ventilation and air quality are central to our experience of the built environment. Unlocking better ventilation and air quality in housing, the workplace and more…. https://www.airqualitymatters.net/

Duration:00:50:31