Air Quality Matters
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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
Weighing Dust vs. Counting Danger: Why PM2.5 Misses the Deadliest Particles - OT42
Show Up and Breathe: The Slam Dunk ROI That Still Needs an Energy Story to Sell - Jason Jones #113
The Science is Settled, But Who's Paying the Bill? UK School Air Quality Guidance 2026 - OT41
Finish Line Problem: Defining What Healthy Buildings Mean for Human Bodies - Stephanie Taylor #112
Federal and State Policy: The Missing Piece in the Indoor Air Quality Puzzle - OT40
Free Radicals, Diesel Particles, and the War Zone in Your Lungs - Frank Kelly #111
The Human Nose vs. The Lab: Testing Air Cleaners That Actually Improve Indoor Air Quality - OT39
Sheep's Wool, Formaldehyde, and the Chemical Experiment in Your Living Room - Mark Lynn #110
Stuffy Rooms, One-Star Reviews: The Commercial Reality of Poor Indoor Air Quality - OT38
The Edifice Complex: Why Your Building Probably Doesn't Work and Nobody Cares - Adam Mugleton #109
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why Your Air Quality Models Are Only as Good as Your Data - OT37
Beyond HVAC: Why Dehumidification Deserves the D - David Shirk #108
From Fear to Action: Why Culture Shapes Air Quality Decisions in Germany vs Portugal - OT36
From Dust to Disease: The Hidden Respiratory Risks in Construction - Angie Brooker #107
Mold, Confidence, and Change: What Actually Drives Air Quality Behavior - OT35
Platinum Plaques and Broken Fans: The Gap Between Air Quality Theater and Reality 106 Simon Jones
Trust the Messenger: Why Air Quality Data Fails Without Public Confidence - OT34
The Silent Epidemic: COPD and the 3.5 Million Deaths No One Talks About - José Luis Castro #105
Making the Invisible Visible: How Real-Time Air Monitors Cut Indoor Pollution by 34% - OT33
Disclosure to Performance: Indoor Air Quality in Real Estate with Parag Cameron-Rastogi - #104
The Psychology of Air Quality - Why Technical Solutions Aren't Enough OT32
Fast Cheap and Good - Pick Any Two: Housing with John O'Connor and Neil Fresh Water #103
OT31: Fighting Fire With Fire - The Hidden Health Cost of Preventing Wildfires
From Thermal Comfort to Heat Stress: Buildings That Don't Overheat with Paul O'Sullivan - #102
OT30: Beyond the Numbers - What 95 Remote Workers Reveal About Home Office Wellbeing
Breaking Down Silos: Why Industry-Academia Collaboration Is Key - #101 Bart Cremers
OT29: From Every Minute to Every Hour - What 4 Years of Data Reveals About Sensor Placement
Max Sherman: 100 Episodes, 40 Years of Research, and the Future of Indoor Air Quality - #100
OT28: The Great Indoors - Why Australia's First Indoor Air Report Changes Everything
Esther Sternberg: From Immune Response to Healing Spaces - The Science of Well-Being - #99
OT27: The $110 Million Return - Why School Air Quality Is Our Best Investment
#98 - The Housing Crisis vs. Climate Change: Europe's Impossible Decision? with Stijn Renneboog
OT26: The $9.5 Billion Contradiction - Why We Fund Fossil Fuels Over Clean Air
#97 - Inside the UN's Historic Indoor Air Quality Pledge with Georgia Lagoudas & Bronwyn King
One Take #25: From 57% to 75% - How Home Ventilation Transforms Adult Asthma Outcomes
#96 - Don't Look Up: How World Ventilate Day Is Fighting Apathy in Indoor Air Quality
One Take #24: Association vs. Causation - Why Proving Mold Makes You Sick Is So Hard
#95 - Chandra Sekhar: From Singapore to Ireland: How Different Climates Shape Our Approach
One Take #23: Why Wall Street is Betting on Healthy Buildings (And You Should Too)
The Ventilation Reset: Bill Bahnfleth on ASHRAE 241 and Building Health Post-Pandemic
One Take #22: From Lab Tests to Leaks - Why Doctors Say Focus on Dampness, Not Spores
#93 - Janet Price: The Far UVC Revolution
One Take #21: Jordan Peterson, Mold Diagnosis & The CIRS Controversy Explained
#92 - Tanya Kaur Bedi: Healthy Buildings India 2025 Part 3: The Inhalable Diet
One Take #20: The €6 Billion Question - Why Fixing Mold Doesn't Pay (But We're Missing the Point)
#91 - Healthy Buildings India 2025 Part 2: With Researchers and Industry
One Take #19: The Hidden Gap Between School Ventilation Upgrades and Real Performance
Technical Note 68 Revisited: How Residential Ventilation & Health Research Has Evolved
One Take #18: Why Simple IAQ Mandates Won't Save Us - The Complex Reality of Global Air Standards
#88 Richard Blakeway: Damp, Mould, and the Balance of Power and Fairness
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