The Hidden Benefits of Clean Air: Why Air Quality is Now Vital for Long Term Asset Performance

Episode 11 - with Francesca Brady & Niall Ingham from AirRated.  

Francesca is the Chief Executive Officer and Niall is the Head of London of AirRated - which is the UK's leading air testing and certification company for indoor air quality.

We cover a lot of ground in the wide reaching conversation, starting with Francesca providing an in depth overview of the science behind air quality; and how building environments directly influence human physical health, human productivity and the environment, with recommendations on how to improve the air quality outcomes for each aspect.  

Niall outlines the business case for better air quality and we discuss in depth the changing consumer sentiment towards healthy buildings and the focus from insurers and funders to deliver a healthy building.

For anyone who is currently in concept or detailed design phase, this section of the talk will be very important for you, as future proofing buildings for tomorrows policy changes is key to ensuring asset owners do not inherit a financial liability being forced to adapt the building design once constructed.

In summary, the air quality inside and outside a building should be a key consideration investigated at the earliest possible stage to enable the best possible long term decisions to be made for successful operational and financial asset outcomes.

With your hosts, Adam Hinds and Jordan Relfe from LifeProven Wellbeing Property Consultancy.

Resources:

Harvard study on quantifying the benefit of enhanced ventilation - https://thecogfxstudy.com/

CO2 and decision making - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548274/

PM2.5 and traders in New York - https://www.nber.org/papers/w22753

Temperature and productivity, for every 2oC above 25oC, you lose approx. 2% in productivity - https://escholarship.org/content/qt3j82f642/qt3j82f642.pdf

Dutch study for healthy building ROI:

https://interiorarchitects.com/healthy-buildings-and-healthy-people-identifying-the-roi-of-healthy-spaces/  

Home Hack Air Quality Sensors - Awair sensor -  https://www.getawair.com/