Sick Building Syndrome, From ER to IAQ

We spend about 80% of our time indoors, and as concern for how bad indoor air quality can impact us grows, so does the demand for healthier, well-managed spaces. 

With the surge in personal technology that allows us to ‘hack our health’, future innovations could see real-time information on how the air we’re breathing is affecting us. Today we hear how awareness and improved biomarker technology can be used to combat sick building syndrome, creating a healthier environment that protects people, and businesses, from the consequences of bad air. 

Our expert guest is a medical doctor who pivoted into the world of indoor air quality after being shocked by the interplay between the built environment and asthma and allergy triggers within indoor spaces. He is the CEO of Allergy Standards and Principle at iAIR Institute, Dr John McKeon.

THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUT

• Concerns in the medical world about sick building syndrome 
• Being informed and using good science for progress 
• Implementing Asthma and Allergy Standards into the built environment
• Five macro trends driving new desire for healthy buildings and good IAQ
• Using real-time biomarkers to collect real-time data on IAQ 

GUEST DETAILS 

John is principal at the iAIR Institute, a medical entrepreneur and currently the CEO of Allergy Standards Ltd (ASL), an international standards and certification body, a company he founded while working as an Emergency Room Doctor.  As the founder he has led the development of an international intellectual property portfolio of patents and trade mark applications and negotiated complex licensing agreements with multinationals such as P&G and 3M. Along the way he has secured significant equity investments as well as academic and industry grant awards.  As a serial entrepreneur, John is involved in a number of successful healthcare related ventures.

https://www.allergystandards.com/dr-john-mckeon/ 

MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT CAMFIL’S CAO INITIATIVE

The Chief Airgonomics Officer initiative was started by Camfil, a leading manufacturer in premium clean air solutions and an advocate for access to clean air.

The Chief Airgonomics initiative is being driven at a time of urgency: sensitivities over air have heightened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, air pollutants are well known to damage the environment and the newly published WHO Air Quality Guidelines show us that air pollution is more damaging to human health than previously understood.

The initiative is a direct response to these realities while also bringing to life Camfil’s mission of protecting people, processes and the environment. It also puts into practice Camfil’s knowledge and expertise built over more than half a century and that it is eager to share with its peers and wider audiences to improve people’s lives.

Our Vision : Clean and healthy Indoor Air should be a Human right

Our Mission: We want all companies and organisations to put clean and healthy indoor air on the agenda

Camfil believes that real change can only happen through collaborative effort and wants your organisation to join the clean air movement and community. Start your clean indoor air journey today!

CAO Website: https://www.chiefairgonomicsofficer.com/ 

CAO Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12679402/ 

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QUOTES

There's lots of research showing that indoor air pollution can be worse than outdoor air pollution. - Dr. John McKeon

It's about education, it's about being informed, but it's also about really good science. - Dr. John McKeon

Our journey started with products with asthma and allergy, but now we've broadened that to health and well being for everybody in the built environment. - Dr. John McKeon 

Part of that whole new value proposition of health and well being is employers all need to make sure, well, what's the indoor air quality? Not just IAQ, but IEQ, indoor environmental quality. - Dr. John McKeon 

So consumer tech is med tech, and it's about staying healthy. It's not rescue medicine. - Dr. John McKeon

Biomarkers, I believe, are coming, but there's a lot of challenges. - Dr. John McKeon 

KEYWORDS

#Indoorairquality #smartbuildings #asthma #VOCs #allergystandards #health #well-being, #biomarkers