Indoor Air Quality: Current Status, Missing Links and Future Road Map for India

Study of indoor air quality (IAQ) has received attention of the researchers and policy makers over the last several years due to its affiliation with the adverse health effects and occupants’ discomfort. This article focuses on the importance and need of IAQ studies in Indian rural and urban indoor environments. A number of questions in this context are posed and addressed, together with identifying the allied research gaps and missing links in the existing literature. Also discussed are the technical challenges to carry out the IAQ studies in India, and the initiatives and future road map required to overcome them. *Corresponding author: Prashant Kumar, Division of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering (C5), Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom, Tel: 44-0-1483 682762; Fax: 44-0-1483 682135; E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Received May 24, 2012; Accepted June 20, 2012; Published June 22, 2012 Citation: Goyal R, Khare M, Kumar P (2012) Indoor Air Quality: Current Status, Missing Links and Future Road Map for India. J Civil Environ Eng 2:118. doi:10.4172/2165-784X.1000118 Copyright: © 2012 Goyal R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.