Indoor Air Quality, Public Awareness and Policy: The Chicken vs. the Egg Dilemma – Webinar
In 2000, approximately 31% of European adults smoked regularly. By 2020, that number had dropped to around 23%, reflecting the success of strong awareness campaigns, such as mandatory warning [...]
Press Release: Groundbreaking studies to transform Indoor Air Quality and Health research across Europe
The K-HEALTHinAIR project, funded by the EU's Horizon Europe Programme, is making significant strides in understanding and improving indoor air quality (IAQ) and its health impacts. This innovative initiative [...]
K-HEALTHinAIR: Enhancing Indoor Air Quality for Better Health
We had the pleasure of speaking with Maria Figols, the Chief Scientific Officer and Co-founder of InBiot, a leading company based in Spain that focuses on innovative solutions [...]
What do we know about Indoor Air Quality?
Author: Leticia P. Saiz, PhD (Biomedical Researcher, Kveloce I+D+i) Indoor air quality is a fundamental issue that directly affects our health and well-being in the enclosed spaces where [...]
Developing a portable monitoring tool for IAQ monitoring: the process and the technology behind it
Author: Maria Figols (Chief Scientific Officer, inBiot Monitoring) K-HEALTHinAIR leads the way in Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) assessment by utilizing IoT devices for continuous monitoring, focusing on the [...]
Assessing Air Pollution Exposure: The Pilot Study in Poland and Austria
Author: Wojciech Hanke (Specjalista epidemiolog w Instytut Medycyny Pracy w Łodzi) Airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are widespread urban air pollutants from fossil fuel burning and other combustion sources. [...]
Incorporating Mental Health and Socio-Economic factors related to Indoor Air Quality
Author: Leticia P. Saiz, PhD (Biomedical Researcher, Kveloce I+D+i) It is widely known that inadequate indoor air quality due to the presence of common pollutants can lead to significant [...]
Exploring the Impact of Indoor Air Quality on Health: Insights from the Pilot Study in Barcelona
Author: Ruben Gonzalez Colom, PhD (Biomedical Data Scientist, IDIBAPS) Understanding how the air quality inside buildings affects people's respiratory health is essential. When we talk about Indoor Air Quality [...]
Health depends on the Air Quality we breathe
Author: Natalia Allegretti (Senior Innovation Projects Manager, ECHAlliance - The Global Health Connector) Air is the primary and fundamental nourishment for life: we can go without eating or drinking [...]
DHSSummit23 session – Refining the connections: Advancing evidence on the linkages between environment, health and data
The Digital Health Society Summit 2023 session “Refining the connections: Advancing evidence on the linkages between environment, health and data” dived into the relationships between the environment and human health, focusing on the role [...]
SynAir-G first workshop: registrations are open!
SynAir-G is excited to invite you to the first hybrid workshop of SynAir-G Series: Improving indoor air quality for healthier children! The series aim to introduce and discuss the latest achievements [...]
MICA IAQ monitor by inBiot
IAQ Monitoring Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) monitoring is the process of gathering continuous data on gases, particles, chemicals or other ambient parameters measured indoor air. K-HEALTHinAIR uses ioT devices [...]
Empowering stakeholders to engage in collaborative creation
K-HEALTHinAIR is an interdisciplinary research project that aims to increase knowledge about chemical and biological indoor air pollutants affecting human health, and to provide solutions for more accurate monitoring and [...]
K-HEALTHinAIR Stakeholders Community Engagement
K-HEALTHinAIR is an interdisciplinary research project that aims to increase knowledge about chemical and biological indoor air pollutants affecting human health, and to provide solutions for more accurate monitoring and [...]
KHEALTHinAIR Pilot nº 2 Rotterdam – The Netherlands: An interview with
The primary objectives of the Rotterdam pilot are to estimate the extent to which determinants of indoor air quality (IAQ) have associations with health characteristics among older adults living in [...]
Maternal exposure to housing renovation during the periconceptional period and the risk of offspring with isolated congenital heart disease: a case-control study
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a term used to describe the structural anomalies that occur during fetal cardiovascular development. It is the most common type of birth defect, and it [...]
Health organisations’ recommendations to step up on clean air for health with science-based air quality standards
The burden of environmental disease is unevenly spread across Europe, with the percentage of deaths attributable to environmental factors. Environmental pollution is linked to a range of disease outcomes, including [...]
Effect of prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter on ventilatory lung function of preschool children
Impaired fetal development is associated with a number of adult chronic diseases. It is believed that these associations arise as a result of the phenomenon of “epigenetic programming”, which involves [...]
We need a proper science of indoor air
Indoor air pollution kills almost as many people as toxic air outdoors — more than three million in 2020, according to the World Health Organization — but hasn’t faced [...]
A chat with José Fermoso Domínguez
José Fermoso Domínguez, Programme Manager, Natural Resources and Climate Area, CARTIF and K-HEALTHinAIR Project Coordinator A brief overview of the needs behind K-HEALTHinAIR and foreseen societal impacts [...]
Household air pollution
Every year, 3.2 million people die prematurely from diseases attributable to household air pollution caused by incomplete combustion of solid fuels and kerosene used for cooking. Particulate matter (fine dust) [...]
Knowledge for improving indoor air quality and health
Knowledge for improving
indoor air quality and health
