INDOOR AIR QUALITY

 
 
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Indoor Air

  • Americans spend ~90% of their lives indoors.

  • Indoor air can be 2-5x as polluted as outdoor air.

  • You breathe over 2,000 gallons of air per day

Indoor air and Human health

  • The U. S. EPA ranks indoor air pollution as one of the top 5 environmental risks to human health.

  • Symptoms of exposure to poor indoor air:

    • Irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat

    • Headaches, dizziness, and fatigue

    • Respiratory tract infections and disease

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what do we measure in indoor air?

  • Temperature

  • Relative Humidity

  • Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

  • Carbon Monoxide (CO)

  • Particles (PM10, PM2.5, PM1.0)

  • Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOCs)