Historically, building standards have been founded on established air quality metrics mainly based on concentrations of contaminants. However, there is a potential change on the horizon, as articulated in the recent report from the ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee on Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Residential Buildings (62.2). Simon Jones (above), founder, Air...Read More

The importance of monitoring indoor air quality became glaringly clear in the past years, marked by a worldwide pandemic and multiple lockdowns that made us all reconsider our lifestyle, as well as the buildings where we live and work. Without need for such an extreme reason, we should all be deeply concerned with the daily...Read More

Simon Jones, one of the leading experts in the ventilation and IAQ sectors, has been appointed Head of Air Quality, Ambisense. Founded in 2014, Ambisense combines IoT sensors and smart software for a data-driven approach to risk management. Its solutions cater for the geo-environmental and air quality sectors, and are used in infrastructure and construction...Read More

In the context of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the leading European Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) associations – covering heating, mechanical ventilation, air-conditioning, lighting, and building automation and control systems – have issued a joint statement that asserts the dangers of indoor air pollution and outlines proposals that would help address the problem. It cites the...Read More

In recent years, green building design has gained traction in the Irish building market, using green building certification systems such as LEED, BREEAM or Exceed. Indeed, such certifications are now almost expected, especially for high-profile office buildings. Whereas these certification systems focus on the environmental impact of the construction, a new focus is turning towards...Read More