As parents who want the best for our kids, we go to great lengths to make sure their living and playing spaces are safe from physical dangers.

In the past several years, there has been much discussion on the influence of indoor environments on the spread of diseases caused by viruses and bacteria.

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are airborne carbon-based molecules produced by chemicals vaporizing at room temperature.

The adage that increasing outdoor air ventilation will improve IAQ is not always the case. For example, how do you manage ventilation to support occupant health if outdoor air is polluted by an upwind wildfire or an accident that spilled airborne toxins?

Are there lessons from Fibonacci ratios that could be used by engineers to improve fans blades for air movement, size HVAC ducts, or design economical mechanical systems?

Exposures in homes with intermittent peaks of NO2 have been associated with numerous concerns, including severe asthma in children and adults.

Do we even know what ‘doing the right thing’ is anymore?

Building management standards follow economic trends.

Maintaining IAQ to support beneficial microbes and diminish the presence of pathogenic ones provides each of us with the powerful, personalized medicine of a healthy microbiome.

Our moral imperative is to set health metrics as our constant to guide natural and mechanical HVAC settings.