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Air Quality Matters

Air Quality Matters inside our buildings and out.This Podcast is about Indoor Air Quality, Outdoor Air Quality, Ventilation, and Health in our homes, workplaces, and education settings.And we already have many of the tools we need to make a difference.The conversations we have and how we share this knowledge is the key to our success.We speak with the leaders at the heart of this sector about them and their work, innovation and where this is all going.Air quality is the single most significant

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One Take #21: Jordan Peterson, Mold Diagnosis & The...

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2025/10/09

Welcome back to Air Quality Matters and One Take as we look into one of the more contentious debates in environmental health – a controversy that's suddenly captured mainstream attention following Jordan Peterson's recent diagnosis with Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) linked to mold exposure. When a prominent public intellectual gets this diagnosis, it forces us all to confront an uncomfortable question: what do we really know about the health effects of water-damaged buildings? This

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#92 - Tanya Kaur Bedi: Healthy Buildings India 2025...

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2025/10/06

Welcome back to Air Quality Matters as we conclude our special series from Healthy Buildings 2025 in Hyderabad with a fascinating conversation that reframes how we think about the air we breathe. What if we started thinking about air quality as our 'inhalable diet'? This compelling question drives our discussion with Tanya Kaur Bedi, assistant professor at the School of Planning and Architecture in Bhopal, who brings a uniquely personal and practical perspective to indoor environmental quality

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One Take #20: The €6 Billion Question - Why Fixing...

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2025/10/02

Welcome back to Air Quality Matters and One Take – the series where complex research gets distilled into digestible insights in just one recording. What if fixing damp and mould in buildings doesn't actually pay for itself? This provocative question drives a groundbreaking study from Finland that dares to put a price tag on one of housing's most persistent problems.The research team tackled a massive question: when you add up all the costs of remediating moisture-damaged buildings against all the

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#91 - Healthy Buildings India 2025 Part 2: With...

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2025/09/29

Welcome back to Air Quality Matters as we continue our special series from Healthy Buildings 2025 in Hyderabad, India. In this second instalment, we dive deep into the perspectives of both emerging researchers and industry leaders who are shaping the future of indoor environmental quality in one of the world's most dynamic regions. The Next Generation of Research First, we hear from three exceptional young scientists tackling frontier challenges in air quality. Sachin Dhawan from IIT Delhi reveals

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One Take #19: The Hidden Gap Between School...

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2025/09/25

Welcome back to Air Quality Matters and One Take – the series where complex research gets distilled into digestible insights in just one recording. How do we know if those expensive school ventilation upgrades actually worked? This question drives a fascinating study from the Journal of Building and Environment that offers a practical roadmap for districts managing hundreds of buildings.The research team deployed a massive monitoring campaign across 48 schools, installing simple internet-connected

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Technical Note 68 Revisited: How Residential...

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2025/09/22

Join us for this special collaboration with the AIVC as we revisit Technical Note 68, a landmark document on residential ventilation and health that's nearly a decade old but more relevant than ever. Why does indoor air quality matter as much as traffic safety or smoking cessation? Arnold Janssens from Ghent University introduces this deep dive into TN68, joined by three experts who shaped and continue to advance this critical field: Pawel Wargocki (DTU), one of the original editors; Valérie

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One Take #18: Why Simple IAQ Mandates Won't Save Us -...

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2025/09/18

Welcome back to Air Quality Matters and One Take – the series where complex research gets distilled into digestible insights in just one recording. Should we mandate indoor air quality standards for all public buildings? This deceptively simple question sits at the heart of a fascinating scientific debate unfolding in the pages of prestigious journals. In this episode, we dive into a perspective piece from the Journal of Indoor Environments that challenges the rush toward simplified global air

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#88 Richard Blakeway: Damp, Mould, and the Balance of...

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2025/09/17

Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2264976/open_sms) Richard Blakeway, Housing Ombudsman for England, takes us on a profound journey through the evolving landscape of social housing complaints and the critical issue of damp and mould that has transformed the sector. "Home is a really emotional place," Richard explains, capturing the essence of why housing complaints differ from those in other sectors. With an inquiry reaching the Ombudsman approximately every 20

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One Take #17: The Mold-Asthma Connection

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2025/09/16

Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2264976/open_sms) Ever wondered if that tiny spot of mold in your bathroom corner actually matters? A study from France just answered this question with a resounding yes – and the findings should make us all reconsider how we think about household mould. Mouldy area size and asthma symptom score and control in adults: the CONSTANCES cohort Drawing from an impressive pool of over 28,000 adults, researchers have established

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#89 - Healthy Buildings India 2025 Part 1: With...

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2025/09/15

From Healthy Buildings in India 2025, Air Quality Matters sits down in this series of podcasts from the event. In part 1, we talk to three of the next generation of researchers looking at the science of IEQ from the region and three Industry Leaders at the coal face right now.Innovation, collaboration and knowledge sharing are themes that cut through the conversation here, from personalised ventilation systems to microplastics in the air we breathe, to thermal comfort and vernacular design of

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