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Air Quality Matters is a science podcast hosted by Simon Jones. It has 169 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Air Quality Matters inside our buildings and out.This Podcast is about Indoor Air Quality, Outdoor Air Quality, Ventilation, and Health in our homes, workplaces, and education settings.And we already have many of the tools we need to make a difference.The conversations we have and how we share this knowledge is the key to our success.We speak with the leaders at the heart of this sector about them and their work, innovation and where this is all going.Air quality is the single most significant environmental risk we face to our health and wellbeing, and its impacts on us, our friends, our families, and society are profound.From housing to the workplace, education to healthcare, the quality of the air we breathe matters. Air Quality Matters

science ·en-us ·169 episodes

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Weighing Dust vs. Counting Danger: Why PM2.5 Misses the Deadliest Particles - OT42

2

Show Up and Breathe: The Slam Dunk ROI That Still Needs an Energy Story to Sell - Jason Jones #113

3

The Science is Settled, But Who's Paying the Bill? UK School Air Quality Guidance 2026 - OT41

4

Finish Line Problem: Defining What Healthy Buildings Mean for Human Bodies - Stephanie Taylor #112

5

Federal and State Policy: The Missing Piece in the Indoor Air Quality Puzzle - OT40

6

Free Radicals, Diesel Particles, and the War Zone in Your Lungs - Frank Kelly #111

7

The Human Nose vs. The Lab: Testing Air Cleaners That Actually Improve Indoor Air Quality - OT39

8

Sheep's Wool, Formaldehyde, and the Chemical Experiment in Your Living Room - Mark Lynn #110

9

Stuffy Rooms, One-Star Reviews: The Commercial Reality of Poor Indoor Air Quality - OT38

10

The Edifice Complex: Why Your Building Probably Doesn't Work and Nobody Cares - Adam Mugleton #109

11

Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Your Air Quality Models Are Only as Good as Your Data - OT37

12

Beyond HVAC: Why Dehumidification Deserves the D - David Shirk #108

13

From Fear to Action: Why Culture Shapes Air Quality Decisions in Germany vs Portugal - OT36

14

From Dust to Disease: The Hidden Respiratory Risks in Construction - Angie Brooker #107

15

Mold, Confidence, and Change: What Actually Drives Air Quality Behavior - OT35

16

Platinum Plaques and Broken Fans: The Gap Between Air Quality Theater and Reality 106 Simon Jones

17

Trust the Messenger: Why Air Quality Data Fails Without Public Confidence - OT34

18

The Silent Epidemic: COPD and the 3.5 Million Deaths No One Talks About - José Luis Castro #105

19

Making the Invisible Visible: How Real-Time Air Monitors Cut Indoor Pollution by 34% - OT33

20

Disclosure to Performance: Indoor Air Quality in Real Estate with Parag Cameron-Rastogi - #104

21

The Psychology of Air Quality - Why Technical Solutions Aren't Enough OT32

22

Fast Cheap and Good - Pick Any Two: Housing with John O'Connor and Neil Fresh Water #103

23

OT31: Fighting Fire With Fire - The Hidden Health Cost of Preventing Wildfires

24

From Thermal Comfort to Heat Stress: Buildings That Don't Overheat with Paul O'Sullivan - #102

25

OT30: Beyond the Numbers - What 95 Remote Workers Reveal About Home Office Wellbeing

26

Breaking Down Silos: Why Industry-Academia Collaboration Is Key - #101 Bart Cremers

27

OT29: From Every Minute to Every Hour - What 4 Years of Data Reveals About Sensor Placement

28

Max Sherman: 100 Episodes, 40 Years of Research, and the Future of Indoor Air Quality - #100

29

OT28: The Great Indoors - Why Australia's First Indoor Air Report Changes Everything

30

Esther Sternberg: From Immune Response to Healing Spaces - The Science of Well-Being - #99

31

OT27: The $110 Million Return - Why School Air Quality Is Our Best Investment

32

#98 - The Housing Crisis vs. Climate Change: Europe's Impossible Decision? with Stijn Renneboog

33

OT26: The $9.5 Billion Contradiction - Why We Fund Fossil Fuels Over Clean Air

34

#97 - Inside the UN's Historic Indoor Air Quality Pledge with Georgia Lagoudas & Bronwyn King

35

One Take #25: From 57% to 75% - How Home Ventilation Transforms Adult Asthma Outcomes

36

#96 - Don't Look Up: How World Ventilate Day Is Fighting Apathy in Indoor Air Quality

37

One Take #24: Association vs. Causation - Why Proving Mold Makes You Sick Is So Hard

38

#95 - Chandra Sekhar: From Singapore to Ireland: How Different Climates Shape Our Approach

39

One Take #23: Why Wall Street is Betting on Healthy Buildings (And You Should Too)

40

The Ventilation Reset: Bill Bahnfleth on ASHRAE 241 and Building Health Post-Pandemic

41

One Take #22: From Lab Tests to Leaks - Why Doctors Say Focus on Dampness, Not Spores

42

#93 - Janet Price: The Far UVC Revolution

43

One Take #21: Jordan Peterson, Mold Diagnosis & The CIRS Controversy Explained

44

#92 - Tanya Kaur Bedi: Healthy Buildings India 2025 Part 3: The Inhalable Diet

45

One Take #20: The €6 Billion Question - Why Fixing Mold Doesn't Pay (But We're Missing the Point)

46

#91 - Healthy Buildings India 2025 Part 2: With Researchers and Industry

47

One Take #19: The Hidden Gap Between School Ventilation Upgrades and Real Performance

48

Technical Note 68 Revisited: How Residential Ventilation & Health Research Has Evolved

49

One Take #18: Why Simple IAQ Mandates Won't Save Us - The Complex Reality of Global Air Standards

50

#88 Richard Blakeway: Damp, Mould, and the Balance of Power and Fairness

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