Indoor Air Quality
Binghamton Researchers Develop Artificial Plants That Purify Indoor Air, Generate Electricity
Professor Seokheun “Sean” Choi and PhD student Maryam Rezaie are repurposing their ideas about bacteria-powered biobatteries into a new idea.On average, Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors, and …
Revisiting the Pandemic
What (Filtration) Lessons Aren’t We Learning?Air quality is crucial for urban sustainability, affecting public health, the environment, and the economy. Managing air quality has become a significant challenge for cities …
The Crucial Role of Ventilation Effectiveness in Air Cleaning
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. …
A Building Envelope of Peril
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, …
Does Staying Indoors Protect Against Wildfire Smoke?
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 …