IEQ Global Alliance | For better indoor environment quality

Mission of the IEQ Global Alliance. The mission of IEQ-GA is to provide an acceptable indoor environmental quality (thermal environment-indoor air quality-lighting-acoustic) to occupants in buildings and places of work around the world and to make sure the knowledge from research on IEQ get to be implemented in practice.

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Presidential Column (May 2020)…Since the beginning of the outbreak, IEQ-GA and its member organizations…have been working diligently on all aspects of the pandemic…

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Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge COVID-19 can spread in the air

Posted on 2020/07/07

More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air — a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic. … Continue reading →

ASHRAE Offers Free Building Reopening Webinars

Posted on 2020/06/15

ATLANTA (June 12, 2020) – ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) will offer three free webinars plus a detailed course targeted to the European and Middle East regions, focused on mitigating potential health risks during reopening of buildings closed during the COVID-19 … Continue reading →

IEQ-GA’s Position on the Airborne Transmission of COVID-19

Posted on 2020/05/14

The Indoor Environmental Quality – Global Alliance (IEQ-GA) has just released a position paper on the Airborne Transmission of COVID-19.

To learn more please visit: https://ieq-ga.net/resources/position-papers/

ASHRAE Offers COVID-19 Building Readiness/Reopening Guidance

Posted on 2020/05/08

The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has developed guidance on mitigating potential health risks during reopening of buildings closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To learn more please visit: https://www.ashrae.org/about/news/2020/ashrae-offers-covid-19-building-readiness-reopening-guidance

Back to work safely

Posted on 2020/05/05

A website, sponsored by AIHA, featuring expert, industry-specific guidance for both businesses and consumers to safely re-open and re-engage as they emerge from the COVID-19 quarantines.

To learn more please visit: https://www.backtoworksafely.org/

5 May 2020– webinar “Building Energy issues and the COVID-19 response”

Posted on 2020/04/30

On May 5th, 2020 the IEA EBC building energy codes working group is hosting a webinar with guidance from ASHRAE and REHVA to discuss the safe operation of buildings and strategies to maintain healthy indoor air quality.

For more information, click here.

Recordings available from the REHVA webinar “How to operate and use building services during the COVID-19 crisis”

Posted on 2020/04/29

IEQ-GA Member REHVA, in collaboration with Build Up EU, organized the webinar “How to operate and use building services during the COVID-19 crisis” (28/04/2020, 12.00 CET). This webinar explored with top experts key notions about indoor environments (Indoor Environmental Quality, … Continue reading →

ASHRAE Resources Available to Address COVID-19 Concerns

Posted on 2020/04/22

ASHRAE has developed proactive guidance to help address coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) concerns with respect to the operation and maintenance of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems.

The ASHRAE COVID-19 Preparedness Resources webpage, ashrae.org/COVID19, provides easily accessible resources from ASHRAE to building industry professionals.

AiCARR’s operative protocol for management/adaptation of existing and newly built emergency healthcare facilities

Posted on 2020/04/17

On March 18^th, 2020 AiCARR released on its website the document “Protocol for risk reduction of SARS-CoV2-19 diffusion in dealthcare facilities with the aid of air-conditioning and ventilation systems”. This new protocol is intended to complement the previous on for aspects relating to healthcare environments. The document is available for download here.