indoor air quality

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    Supporting healthy indoor environments is a growing imperative for business

    The internal environmental quality of a building has been shown to positively or negatively affect the physical and mental health of occupants like workers and visitors. For employers wishing to ensure buildings support occupant health and resilience, while simultaneously achieving sustainability goals like net zero carbon, the BREAM standards provide independent, third-party assurance that an asset is achieving the highest possible performance in these and other related areas.

    By Anna Buchanan and Chetas Rana, BRE on 30 July 2026

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    A toxic cocktail: inside India’s smoky commercial kitchens

    With research showing that chefs in India’s commercial kitchens are regularly exposed to high levels of harmful air pollutants, calls are growing for the country’s ever-growing restaurant and catering industry to switch to cleaner cooking methods and install effective mechanical ventilation systems.

    By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 17 April 2026

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    Cooking without gas: induction’s safer, sustainable future for commercial kitchens

    With scientific evidence increasingly showing that gas cooking causes harmful indoor air pollution and contributes to climate change, it is vital that commercial kitchens globally switch to safe and clean electric cooking methods.

    By Monica Burns, Global Cooksafe Coalition on 15 April 2026

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