Sentences with phrase «outdoor air quality»

There is a growing awareness of outdoor air quality and its impact on our health, but our indoor air is also often less healthy than it should be.

Nevertheless, some experts believe outdoor air quality plays only a minor role in asthma disparities.

We often talk about outdoor air quality and pollution but what do we know about indoor air quality?

Peak - time emissions from diesel trains at London's Paddington Station exceed the European recommendations for outdoor air quality, and are higher than nearby roadsides on the majority of days.

Inadequate outdoor air quality affects many people around the world.

Good indoor air quality and low carbon emissions can be achieved through natural ventilation, when possible, which can refresh indoor air without increasing energy consumption, but this requires good outdoor air quality.

Measures of outdoor air quality through such well - publicized formulas as the SMOG index and allergy alerts have served as near - constant reminders in raising awareness of how the outdoor environment could be impacting your health.

The project consists of four parts: sound recording workshops in neighborhoods most affected by indoor and outdoor air quality issues, a traveling sound installation accompanied by an event series relevant to each community site, and a culminating sound installation in City Hall Park.

A change could effectively cool buildings that would usually retain heat and therefore reduce the use of air - conditioning systems; it could also improve outdoor air quality and offset the warming that the world is currently experiencing.

In 2013, the Government of Canada established more stringent and comprehensive outdoor air quality standards for fine particulate matter (a component of which is black carbon) and ground - level ozone.

Scheduled for pre-order in March, GLAS, which features a unique translucent design, will be the first thermostat to track indoor and outdoor air quality as well as regulate temperature.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 92 % of the world's population live in areas with inadequate outdoor air quality, and this pollution contributes to 1 out of every 8 deaths.

«And we've shown that there are a number of times where the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations exceed the EU hourly mean limits for outdoor air quality.»

You may not be able to control the outdoor air quality on your own, but you can try and control your indoor air quality by banning smoking inside the house and choosing green cleaning products, which do not contain harsh chemicals that can affect indoor air quality.»

The EPA has stated that indoor air quality is 3 times more polluted than outdoor air quality and a 2000 study found that there is an increase in lead concentrations in our indoor air (Sobel et al., 2000b).

Indoor and outdoor air quality: Fragrances are volatile compounds and they are constantly being released into the air.

From the air we breathe (indoor air quality is on average four times more polluted than outdoor air quality)

Does the school currently monitor indoor and outdoor air quality?

Natural ventilation from windows, if the outdoor air quality is good, can moderate the temperature and reduce energy needed for cooling and associated carbon emissions.

This can lead to poorer indoor air quality, which, in some cases, is 10 times worse than outdoor air quality

It monitors indoor and outdoor air quality and provides information on your energy usage and habits.

The smart thermostat's sensors can also sense when you're in the room and monitor indoor and outdoor air quality.

The GLAS thermostat, which uses a Snapdragon 410E embedded platform, will have a translucent OLED touchscreen display for controlling temperature, monitoring indoor and outdoor air quality, and checking the weather.

Microsoft notes that GLAS has sensors that detect when you're in the room or not, and the thermostat will constantly monitor indoor and outdoor air quality.