Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 15 July 2026
In two months, the K-HEALTHinAIR project will come to an end. However, the scientific effort to improve indoor environments will continue. Evidence is increasingly showing that indoor pollution and extreme temperatures have a significant impact on both physical health and mental wellbeing.
Over the past three and a half years, the Rotterdam pilot site has been established to study the indoor environment of high-risk older adults living independently in the Rotterdam metropolitan area. From the start, it was clear that participants considered indoor air quality an important issue. Their willingness to participate and their curiosity have been invaluable to our scientific research. Reflecting on the intervention, most participants were satisfied with the information leaflet and indicated that it helped them improve the indoor environment in their homes. These findings strengthen our commitment to improve indoor environments and delivering people-centred solutions.
Working within a transdisciplinary consortium has broadened our perspective and highlighted the complexity of what is often referred to as "indoor air quality." This is demonstrated by the work of our consortium partners in the fields of microbiome research, volatile organic compound (VOC) sampling, and particulate matter (PM) sampling across a range of scenarios and conditions. As the Rotterdam pilot, we greatly value the work carried out on the knowledge-sharing model. The effort to tailor information through the IAQ Platform is an achievement that has only been possible through collaboration with partners from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds.
As the Rotterdam pilot, we look forward to the many outputs from the K-HEALTHinAIR consortium that are still to be published. In the meantime, we remain committed to improving indoor environments for everyone.
More information about the K-HEALTHinAIR project, together with materials and resources developed as part of the project, is available at: www.k-healthinair.eu.