Schools, libraries and gyms can be converted into Clean Air Refuges during bushfire smoke events. But can your home? In many cases, we think the answer is YES. Perhaps as many as 8 million Australian homes were exposed to smoke in the 2019-20 fire season, and in most...
By: Ian Longley -What's the Issue? The air in your home can be contaminated from both outside and within. It may be smoke from wood-fires, rural burning, or bushfires. It might be dust or chemicals from industry, or particulates from trucks. But it could also be...
By: Ian Longley Through 2025 The Air Quality Collective is working with Otago Regional Council to find out more about the contribution of open burning to smoke in the air in the Alexandra-Clyde Basin. What’s the issue? During winter, smoke from home heating has long...
By: Gustavo Olivares When it became clear that New Zealand’s successful elimination strategy was to be replaced with one of mitigation, it also became clear that we needed to understand the ventilation practices in our indoor spaces. As part of the Ministry of Health...
Many teachers know that period 3 brain fog, when the children in front of them slump their shoulders and everything seems harder. It could be stale air. Without good ventilation contaminants can build up, including other people’s breath. And that breath could contain...