Improvements in outdoor air quality that were achieved through the implementation of the Clean Air Act accentuate the quality of the indoor air as an important, if not dominant, factor in the determination of the total population exposure to air contaminants. A number of developments are adding important new determinants of indoor air quality. Energy conservation strategies require reductions i...

Falling back past few years rapid progress in Air pollution has become a life-threatening concern many nations throughout the world due to human activity, industrialisation, and urbanisation.. As result of these activities, sulphur oxides, carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen monoxide (CO), chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), lead, mercury, other pollutants be emitted into atmosphere. Simultaneously, estimati...

The occurrence of illnesses related with poor ventilation has driven an increasing attention towards indoor air quality monitoring. In buildings equipped with climate control systems, the diseases related to the air quality can be significantly reduced if smart intervening procedures, aiming to control the concentration of pollutants in the indoor air, can be implemented in the heating, ventila...

Indoor air pollution, specifically restricted in its meaning to chemicals in home indoor air environment, presents a new and probably an important challenge to the researchers of the air pollution field. The general overview of this topic suggests that the voluminous data generated in the past ten or so years have only defined the rudiments of the problem, and significant areas of research stil...

Background: The combination of more and more airtight buildings and the emission of formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by building, decoration and furniture materials lead to lower indoor air quality. Hence, it is an important challenge for public health but also for the preservation of cultural heritage, as for example, artworks in museum showcases and other cultural obje...

Smoking in public places is a hot debate presently in Europe. A number of legislative bodies in Europe have already made policy decisions on the issue of smoking in public places. Scientific evidence relating to this debate has been reported in a diverse range of publications such as BMJ, Indoor air and the BSJ. On inspection much of the reporting concludes negatively on the performance of vent...