A year after launching at the United Nations, the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air has unveiled the Global Framework for Action. Developed by more than 200 Commissioners from over 40 countries, including iAIR Institute Principal Dr. John McKeon, the roadmap sets out nine levers of market transformation and nearly 180 recommendations to make healthy indoor air the norm in buildings everywhere.
At the iAIR Institute Scientific Leadership Forum in Austin, a conversation between medicine, engineering and public health reached a clear conclusion: healthy buildings are no longer a specialist concern. They are a public health imperative. Dr John McKeon traces the golden thread that connects emergency medicine to the future of healthy buildings.
The iAIR Institute took an active role at the 2026 ASHRAE Annual Conference in Austin, presenting two peer-reviewed papers on air cleaner performance and contributing to the committee and standards work shaping healthier buildings worldwide.
The iAIR Institute is proud to have signed the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at Indoor Air 2026 in Singapore this week, becoming the first Irish organisation to join over 250 signatories from government, public health, research, industry, and civil society in a collective commitment to healthier indoor environments worldwide.
The iAIR Institute is active at ASHRAE 2026 in Austin with new research presentations, committee leadership, and a Scientific Leadership Forum featuring Dr. Jessica Green of ARPA-H in conversation with Dr. John McKeon on airborne health risks and the future of healthy buildings.
The iAIR Institute heads to Indoor Air 2026 in Singapore this week, where affiliated researcher Dr. John Ryan presents new findings on HVAC duct cleaning and indoor contaminants and the iAIR Institute joins global partners in signing a landmark pledge for healthier indoor environments.
The future of healthy buildings isn’t being written in conference rooms alone. Sometimes it becomes clearest on a cliff path overlooking the Atlantic, in conversations about stewardship, community, and what it truly means to design for life.
The iAIR Group joins HYGEIA 2026, the ASHRAE Hellenic Chapter’s 1st International Conference on Health in Buildings, on Kos Island, Greece, 27 to 29 May 2026. Dr. John McKeon and Dr. Angela Southey work will be presented on biomarkers, AI, the exposome, and small-sized air purifiers in IEQ strategies.
Dr John McKeon participates in international standards meetings and policy engagements in Washington DC during Ireland’s St Patrick’s Week programme, highlighting Ireland’s growing leadership in indoor air quality science and global standards development.
Insights from TISE, ASHRAE, and the AHR Expo reveal a growing consensus: improving indoor environmental quality requires whole-building thinking that connects materials, systems, standards, and human health.
