Seminar 44 -- Quantifying the Impact of IAQ on Occupant Health

2023 ASHRAE Annual Conference

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Managing IAQ to both decrease acute and chronic diseases and optimize wellbeing and productivity in occupants is an underutilized, yet powerful, tool in supporting health. One of the biggest challenges is quantifying the relationships between IAQ constituents and human physiology. If we are to manage HVAC systems to support health, we need a data-based foundation that draws from studies in medicine, epidemiology, microbiology, chemistry and materials science. This seminar presents such a framework and outlines the cost/benefits of IAQ managed for health.