Douglas Booker
@douglasbooker.bsky.social
Lecturer in Indoor Air at the University of Leeds, researching all things air quality and environmental justice.
Co-Founder & CEO of NAQTS | Regional Clean Air Champion in the UKRI Clean Air Programme. Views my own.
Co-Founder & CEO of NAQTS | Regional Clean Air Champion in the UKRI Clean Air Programme. Views my own.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
100%. We try to illustrate the point that ventilation (ie replacing indoor air with outdoor air) is not always a route to improving indoor air quality (for the reasons you have mentioned).
For better or worse we regulate indoor and outdoor air separately (rather than as one air)
For better or worse we regulate indoor and outdoor air separately (rather than as one air)
October 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
100%. We try to illustrate the point that ventilation (ie replacing indoor air with outdoor air) is not always a route to improving indoor air quality (for the reasons you have mentioned).
For better or worse we regulate indoor and outdoor air separately (rather than as one air)
For better or worse we regulate indoor and outdoor air separately (rather than as one air)
Really good / tricky question. My question would always be what is the best metric that would help us to do this? Questions of what is ‘safe’ has also been shown to be challenged for air quality issues, e.g. acute v chronic exposure
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Really good / tricky question. My question would always be what is the best metric that would help us to do this? Questions of what is ‘safe’ has also been shown to be challenged for air quality issues, e.g. acute v chronic exposure
It's a definite area for more policy/research/action. You can see why social housing has received most attention to date, but given that ~20% of the population is in the PRS, much needs to be done there to improve conditions.
Owner-occupied will require some extra different levers to drive change
Owner-occupied will require some extra different levers to drive change
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It's a definite area for more policy/research/action. You can see why social housing has received most attention to date, but given that ~20% of the population is in the PRS, much needs to be done there to improve conditions.
Owner-occupied will require some extra different levers to drive change
Owner-occupied will require some extra different levers to drive change
The article is based on parts of this research paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications
Humans spend a large proportion of their time at home, where exposure to poor indoor air quality has detrimental – and often inequitably distributed –…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The article is based on parts of this research paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...