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The Relationship between Indoor Air and Health
Slide deck from webinar byAirmid Healthgroup
www.airmidhealthgroup.com
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Mission
To help clients with products and services for the built environment improve their customer offerings through
health related innovations and marketing. To create value through a number of collaborative strategies including field research, environmental test chamber studies and licensing
our own intellectual property. By specialising in studying how allergens, viruses, and other ultra-fine particles spread illness and disease in buildings we are a leading authority in aerobiology and bio-medical research. Our clients succeed
by making the built environment as healthy as possible.
Mission, Products and Services
Confidential
Some of the Team
Indoor Air Quality - The Facts
• The World Health Organization (WHO)
estimates that greater than one building in four
has indoor air quality problems
• Indoor air is more polluted than outdoor air (5
to 100 times) with 90% of our time spent
indoors
• Indoor Air pollution has been ranked as a high
priority health risk – it is ranked 5th as a cause
of ill health worldwide
• To breathe healthy indoor air is considered a
fundamental right by the WHO
At the airmid healthgroup we understand that :
• Healthy indoor air requires the control of sources of indoor air pollutants and the provision of adequate ventilation and filtration
• That healthy indoor air is a dynamic inter-relationship between thermal, physical, gaseous, chemical and biological factors
• That airborne biological contaminants when inhaled are associated with a wide range of health effects
• That exposure to airborne contaminants can be controlled
health friendly air™ (HFA)
• One of the most comprehensive testing programmes of its
type worldwide
• Independent verification of healthy indoor air
• Audits and monitors those parameters most likely to
adversely impact human health and wellbeing
• Advanced capacity to monitor for surface and airborne
biological (mould, bacteria and allergens) contamination
• Unique ability to interpret results in the context of possible
adverse health effects
Indoor Air – A Dynamic Inter-relationship
Advanced scientific testing of building contents and materials to assess the impact that they have on the quality of indoor air and so human health.
Specialist testing that provides data for a wide range of indoor air exposures including allergens, bacteria, viruses, moulds, chemicals and particulates.
BUILDING CONTENT AND PRODUCT R&D
Building Content and Product R&D:
Our World Leading Service is:
• Advanced, Real Life, Science Based• Confidential, Independent, Unbiased• Suitable for a wide range of products including:
Air Conditioners /Air Conditioning Systems / Air Cleaners
Dehumidifiers Cleaning Products
Flooring Vacuum Cleaners Fabrics
Paint Mattresses/ Bedding Other
• Multiple Environmental Test Chambers– Allergen– Environmental– Ducting Test Rig, ASHRAE 52.2
• Class II Microbiological Laboratories• PCR Molecular biology
AHAM TypeChamber
Micro Lab
Virus Lab
Allergen
Lab
molecular biology
Climate Controlled
Environmental Test Chambers
• Comprehensive particle counter monitoring
• State of the Art Air sampling techniques
• In house Laboratory Analytical Testing Services
• including PCR (Virology, Mycology,
• Bacteriology) and ELISA (Allergen)
• Emission Testing in chemically neutral chambers
Climate Controlled Environmental Test Chambers
• Passive and Active Product Infestation Studies with House Dust Mite
• Scientific testing of fabric barrier efficiency through direct allergen challenge.
• Fabric Microscopy• Electrical Appliance Testing for Allergen
Reduction
Home Allergen Control Product Assessments
Advanced Environmental Laboratory Capabilities
Allergen• Routine and bespoke allergen detection• Standard (ng) or amplified (pg) methods available• Modified Dust Trap• Simulated Use Test • Live Mite Counts
Microbiology• Identification and enumeration of:
• Bacteria• Fungi• Viruses
• Culture and molecular biology• PCR/Real time PCR) capabilities
Airmid Health Group
• Multidisciplinary approach• State of the Art Facilities including our Unique Environmental Test
Chambers• Sampling equipment, methodologies and in house aerobiology
expertise• Access to in house Analytical Testing Services• Ability to interpret results in the context of possible adverse health
effects
Contact UsAirmid Healthgroup Ltd
Europe+353-1-633 6820
Trinity Enterprise Campus, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland
USA +1 646 291 8937
345 Park Avenue,17th Floor, New YorkNY 10151-0037, USA
16http://www.airmidhealthgroup.com/services/environmental-field-studies.html
Graeme Tarbox
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