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A new beginners guide to improving indoor air quality (IAQ) has gained the support of one of the UK\u2019s most prominent health campaigners<\/h2>\n

The guide was created by the Building Engineering Services Association<\/a> (BESA) and its affiliate member Mitsubishi Electric<\/a>. It is also being supported by Global Action Plan<\/a>, the organisers of National Clean Air Day.<\/p>\n

An introduction from Kissi-Debrah to the Guide, which includes a wealth of information provided by BESA\u2019s Health & Wellbeing in Buildings group, explains how the ventilation and building services industry is able to turn buildings into \u2018safe havens\u2019<\/a> to protect occupants \u2013 particularly children who face the greatest risks \u2013 from the worst impacts of contaminated air.<\/p>\n

The Beginner\u2019s Guide to Indoor Air Quality<\/a>\u00a0offers advice and guidance for employees and visitors to commercial buildings<\/a> and, with so many people now working from home, includes some easy tips for optimising IAQ in residential settings.<\/p>\n

The guide is being promoted to the widest possible audience including consumers, commercial building managers, school leadership teams and policy makers.<\/p>\n

The controversy and debate around air quality has never been more heated and this has thrust the broad topic of building ventilation and air cleaning into the limelight \u2013 particularly as more people start to consider returning to offices, schools, and public buildings in the wake of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

It is being promoted to the widest possible audience including consumers, commercial building managers, school<\/p>\n

The guide explains how good ventilation<\/a> and air filtration along with accurate measuring and monitoring of particulate matter are the keys to an effective IAQ strategy.<\/p>\n

It also includes information about the main sources of air pollution<\/a> and the contaminants that affect indoor spaces and explains why IAQ is often many times more damaging to human health than outdoor pollution.<\/p>\n

Public Health England<\/a> estimates the annual deal toll in the UK from air pollution at between 24,000 and 36,000 with associated healthcare costs between \u00a38bn and \u00a320bn.<\/p>\n

Safer environments and healthier for us and our children<\/h3>\n

Kissi-Debrah, who is also honorary president of the BESA group, said: \u201cThis guide is an invaluable non-technical introduction to the issue of IAQ and explains how we can make our own indoor environments safer and healthier for us and our children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larissa Lockwood, director of clean air at Global Action Plan, said: \u201cAir pollution isn\u2019t just about the outdoor world. There are many sources of indoor air pollution that can harm health as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudies have found that as much as 90% of the day is spent inside so it is important to consider how to create clean air indoors as well.<\/p>\n

Nathan Wood, chair of the BESA Health & Wellbeing in Buildings group, commented: \u201cThis guide will explain why the air you breathe inside buildings is often worse than the polluted air outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also points out how much more control we have over our indoor conditions and how we can turn our homes, offices and leisure places into \u2018safe havens\u2019 from polluted and contaminated air.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is particularly important now as we seek to give people confidence that they can safely return to offices and other communal buildings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mitsubishi Electric\u2019s head of sustainability, Martin Fahey, added: \u201cGiven the hazards in outdoor air, it\u2019s important that we can regard our homes and workplaces as safe areas that can achieve higher levels of indoor air quality with the right approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe technologies and expertise already exist to help, so we now need a concerted campaign to highlight the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe everyone has the right to breathe clean air, and that can only be achieved if we work together to raise awareness of the risks of pollution and to drive change in our legislation and behaviours.\u201d<\/p>\n

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