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Indoor Air Quality

International Filtration News provides ongoing coverage of filtration technology for indoor air quality (IAQ). Visit filtnews.com regularly to stay on top of the latest insights, issues and innovations in filtration for IAQ.

The Crucial Role of Ventilation Effectiveness in Air Cleaning

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A Building Envelope of Peril

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Does Staying Indoors Protect Against Wildfire Smoke?

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Blueair Classic Pro, the first and only air purifier with PhotonPure™ lighting technology that deactivates germs for an impeccably clean atmosphere. (Photo: Business Wire)

People spend up to 90 percent of their time indoors and indoor air can be two to five times, and even up to ten times, more polluted than outdoor air. …

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Figure 1: Typical fibrous media used in HVAC applications.

Dr. Iyad Al-Attar Explains Why Filtration Technologies Alone Cannot Sustainably Capture Our Anthropogenic EmissionsClimate change is an insidious problem whose definition is elusive and for which definitive solutions maybe lacking, …

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Wildfire smoke –does staying indoor protect against it? iStockphoto.com/nathanphoto

The wildfire season kicked off early this year, with infernos raging from Texas to Australia. The TexasPanhandle and parts of Oklahoma are now recovering from the record-breaking devastation of the …

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Researchers at NC State University have developed air filtration technology with 99.9 percent efficiency.

North Carolina State University Researchers Develop an Air Filtration Technology that Catches and Kills Pathogens with up to 99.9% EfficiencyWhile the need for effective air filtration technologies has long been …

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A view of Toronto during the 2023 wildfires.

Q&A with Dr. Iyad Al-AttarIn an interview with Dr. Iyad Al-Attar, a filtration consultant researching urban air quality governance at the University of Oxford, he calls for an initiative to …

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