The Future of IAQ and the Positive Impacts of Healthier Indoor Spaces ‘Straight Talk!’: Insights from Dr. John McKeon In a recent engaging episode of ‘Straight Talk!” from Jeff Cross, Media Director with ISSA, and Dr. John McKeon, CEO of Allergy Standards and the principal of iAIR… Read More »‘Straight Talk!’: Building Health and Wellness
Volatile organic compounds or VOCs are molecules containing carbon which are predominantly in the gaseous state at room temperature. For example, most of the odorous molecules in flowers and scented products are VOCs [1]. Because of their gaseous state and their small size, VOCs can interact… Read More »Indoor Air VOCs, asthma and allergy, and the effect of air cleaners
COP28 UAE Presidency, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Wellcome Trust and partners, hosted the first-ever Health Day at the COP28 UN Climate Conference yesterday. A blanket of smog obscured Dubai’s glitzy skyline as heads of the World Health Organization, the International Energy… Read More »First-Ever Health Day at COP28
The Important Role of Communication between medical scientists and building specialists Annual Scientific Meeting of the of ACAAI In California at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), Dr John McKeon presented the iAIR Institute‘s recent cutting edge research… Read More »Bridging the Gap for Healthier Indoor Air
The Future of Health Care 2023 Fall Summit The Hill’s biannual health care summit exploring the intersection of health and politics is taking place Thursday, December 7. On the agenda at this important event will be pressing issues such as the doctor shortage, rising health… Read More »From The Hill: U.S. Healthcare’s Annual Checkup
The iAIR Institute was delighted to actively participate in the Annual Scientific Meeting 2023 of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). The Institute’s Principal and CEO, Dr. John McKeon, presented ground-breaking research titled “A Breath of Fresh Information on Air Cleaning Technology,”… Read More »Cutting-Edge Research from iAIR at the ACAAI Annual Scientific Meeting
Trane Technologies recognizes the connection between healthy people living on a healthy planet and has committed to a holistic approach to improve both indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency, and it was with this in mind that the Advisory Council of the Center for Healthy &… Read More »Advisory Council of the Center for Healthy & Efficient Spaces (CHES)
The iAIR Group, and the newly formed Indoor Air and Innovation Research Institute, had a busy time in Washington DC last week. Following the WELLSummit and the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, we participated in a number of high level strategic meetings with legislators, members of Congress, and senators. We… Read More »A High Impact Week for the iAIR Group
Allergen avoidance in the home is traditionally accepted as part of a management plan for asthma and allergies. There is a historical practice of recommending against carpet for those with asthma and allergies[1]–[4] Newly laid carpets may emit Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Dust and allergen… Read More »Can carpets be asthma & allergy friendly?
An in-depth study into the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the need for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) standards Airborne Transmission Eighteen months after the first confirmed case of a pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World… Read More »Our Air is as Precious as Water