Our blog covers indoor air and air quality
Our blog is a guide, a reference, and an information source all in one. Here you’ll find well-grounded knowledge, practical tips and current studies about air quality and a healthy indoor climate.
Stuffy Office Air – How a Good Indoor Climate Safeguards Performance
In Germany, workplace air quality is governed by the Workplace Ordinance — specifically the Technical Rules for Workplaces. Yet "health-friendly air to breathe" is often in short supply in offices. Instead, stuffy air prevails, especially in open-plan offices. How can good indoor climate still safeguard performance?
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How Heating with Wood Pollutes the Air You Breathe
How can pollutant emissions in cities be sustainably reduced? The public debate focuses too much on the transportation transition. But the air we breathe, especially in residential areas, isn't only polluted by traffic: in the winter months, heating with wood, coal, and pellets contributes to increased particulate matter and pollutant exposure.
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How Noise Affects People's Health
Everyone knows it: sounds like loud music, an airplane, or a train trigger different reactions. That's because noise is perceived subjectively by everyone. What's clear, though: noise affects our health, since you can't get used to it. But which noise sources are especially harmful, and how is noise actually measured?
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Air Pollution in Europe: Despite Small Progress, Enormous Pressure to Act
The European Environment Agency (EEA) examined air pollution in Europe in its annual report. The evaluation of 4,000 monitoring stations found: air pollution from particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and ground-level ozone endangers the health of most city dwellers. What can be done about it?
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Solar Yield: How Air Pollution and Particulate Matter Reduce Power Generation From Solar Panels
Many of the dangers posed by air pollutants like particulate matter are undisputed and well known. But besides these health reasons for doing more toward good air quality, there are also economic reasons: solar yield can be significantly reduced by air pollution and particulate matter — and in two ways at once.
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NO₂ Limit Values Explained Briefly: What Applies in Which Situation?
The debate about air quality and appropriate pollutant limit values never stops. Alongside CO₂ and particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is especially in focus. But the existing limit values confuse citizens and experts alike — what limit values exist, and what applies in which situation?
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Wildfire Smoke Indoors: How to Protect Your Indoor Air
Wildfire smoke can bring particulate matter and other pollutants into buildings. Find out how to monitor your indoor air, keep a room as clean as possible and check whether your measures work with the air-Q.
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Childhood Asthma: Preventing 190,000 Asthma Cases Through Less Particulate Matter
The link to childhood asthma is clear: one in ten new asthma cases in Europe could be prevented if countries complied with the WHO's PM2.5 thresholds. With truly clean air, even one in three.
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New Long-Term Study: Particulate Matter Makes People Age Faster
Permanently breathing poor air carries significant health risks that vary by income and gender, according to the central finding of a new study from Imperial College London.
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How to Support air-Q on Kickstarter
What exactly does crowdfunding mean? And what advantages does Kickstarter offer providers and backers? Below you'll learn what crowdfunding is all about, why we chose this model, and how you can support us.
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Nitrogen Oxides: How They Form and What Makes Them So Dangerous
The ongoing discussion about traffic-related air pollution has put nitrogen oxides on everyone's lips. But high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide can also occur indoors, which can additionally lead to serious health problems.
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Surprisingly Efficient – How Much Airing Out the Workplace Really Helps
Headaches, fatigue and difficulty concentrating – indoors, one substance in particular is responsible for this: carbon dioxide. Even in small amounts, it leads to performance deficits and only becomes noticeable once the substance load is too high.
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