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Gaining Real-Time Building Performance Insights: Q&A with WSP

December 17, 2018October 9, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

WSP’s Joshua Radoff and Cory Mosiman discuss challenges to understanding building performance and how their work in a living laboratory is providing efficiency insights on a real-time basis.

New Product Announcement: Indoor Air Quality Sensor from Airthinx Leads to Improved Worker Health, Productivity

November 13, 2017 by Jennifer Nastu

As IoT technologies advance, building owners and facility managers have new options for improving EHS programs, including a new cloud-based sensor for long-term and real-time monitoring of indoor air quality.

Report: Global Indoor Air Quality Meters Market Expected To Grow

October 30, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

A new report from Research and Markets forecasts that the global indoor air quality meters market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.56% from 2017 to 2021. Global Indoor Air Quality Meters Market 2017-2021, the result of an in-depth analysis, also discusses the key vendors involved. “Indoor ... Read more »

Indoor Environmental, Air Quality Technologies Market to Exceed $7bn by 2024

January 5, 2016April 20, 2022 by Karen Henry

The market for indoor environmental and air quality (IEAQ) technologies used in new construction and retrofit applications is expected to grow from $4.2 billion in 2015 to $7.1 billion by 2024, according to a new report from Navigant Research. Healthy and environmentally friendly buildings rely on good IEAQ to maintain ... Read more »

Clean Air Tech Competition Seeks Pollution Treatment Providers

September 4, 2015September 3, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Air pollution treatment technology providers can apply for the Bluetech Award competition, which aims to improve China’s air quality. The Clean Air Alliance of China, a nonprofit think-tank consisting of policymakers, researchers and business leaders, launched the Bluetech Award to help connect the best technologies around the world to where ... Read more »

ASHRAE Updates IAQ Guideline, Says Use High-Efficiency Filters

September 4, 2015September 3, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

With recent research showing that ultrafine particles are more hazardous to human health than originally thought, higher-efficiency filters should be used, according to the newly published 2015 version of ASHRAE’s residential indoor air quality guideline. Guideline 24-2015, Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings, provides information on achieving ... Read more »

BREEAM Approves SCS Indoor Air Quality Credits

August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BREEAM, the internationally recognized environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, has approved certification under the SCS Indoor Advantage Gold program as eligible for credits under BREEAM’s indoor air quality requirements. Indoor Advantage Gold certification is sought by manufacturers of office furniture and building materials, including paints and coatings, ... Read more »

ASHRAE, IAQA Offer Dual Membership

July 28, 2015July 27, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A new dual membership program is available to members of ASHRAE and the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) as part of consolidation between the two groups finalized earlier this year. ASHRAE and IAQA announced last year that they were joining forces to combine resources to improve indoor air quality in ... Read more »

ASHRAE Revises Indoor Air Quality Guideline

April 3, 2015April 2, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

ASHRAE is seeking public input into a proposed revision of ASHRAE’s residential indoor air quality guideline. ASHRAE Guideline 24-2008, Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is the companion guideline to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2007, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings. Guideline 24 provides information ... Read more »

System Improves Building Air Quality

March 27, 2015March 26, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A system to establish limits for the emission of hazardous chemicals from products used in buildings and homes has been developed by the European Union-wide Lowest Concentration of Interest Working Group. Cranfield University scientists, as members of the EU-LCI Working Group, have contributed to the development of the new procedure, ... Read more »

Smart Buildings Reduce Owners’ Costs, Slash Resource Consumption

March 16, 2015March 15, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A UL study predicts disruption in the building market over the next five to 10 years as owners, operators and investors of buildings increasingly recognize the potential of innovation in building energy consumption, water usage and indoor air quality to positively impact their bottom lines. In the white paper, The ... Read more »

Furniture Maker Switches to AkzoNobel’s Formaldehyde-Free Coating

February 20, 2015February 19, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

US office furniture producer Paoli has switched to a formaldehyde-free wood coating system supplied by AkzoNobel that meets indoor air quality standards and exceeds the levels of product performance of the previous system. As well as complying with industry regulations, the move will enable Paoli to meet growing customer demand ... Read more »

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