Improving Indoor Air Quality for Health and Well-Being: Evidence and Intervention Strategies
A special issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 43
Special Issue Editors
Interests: indoor air pollution and control; ventilation; indoor environmental quality; environmental interventions
Interests: indoor air quality; exposure assessment; air pollution mitigation programs
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
People spend the majority of their time indoors, making indoor air quality (IAQ) a key determinant of human health and well-being. Exposure to indoor air pollutants, including particulate matter, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and biological contaminants, has been associated with a wide range of adverse health effects. At the same time, indoor environmental conditions influence not only physical health but also occupants’ comfort, overall well-being, cognitive performance, and productivity.
This Special Issue aims to bring together research examining the relationships between indoor air pollutant concentrations, building characteristics, and human outcomes. Particular emphasis will be placed on research aiming at testing intervention strategies designed to promote healthier indoor environments through improvements in IAQ. Contributions addressing source-control strategies, ventilation improvements, behavioral approaches and air cleaning strategies (including nature-based solutions (NBS) or technological solutions as air purifiers), and other innovative approaches are encouraged.
We welcome original research articles exploring pollutant sources and health impacts, as well as studies evaluating the effectiveness of interventions to improve IAQ and associated human outcomes such as health, well-being, comfort, productivity, cognitive performance, and indoor environment perception. This Special Issue seeks to advance evidence-based strategies for creating healthier and more sustainable indoor environments.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Sources, characterization, and dynamics of indoor air pollutants (e.g., particulate matter, VOCs, biological contaminants, ultrafine particles);
- Indoor air quality and its influence on human health, well-being, comfort, productivity, and cognitive performance (subjective and objective measurements);
- Case studies and field intervention experiments to improve indoor air quality (e.g., NBS, ventilation, source-control, technological solutions);
- Cost–benefit analyses of environmental interventions’ impact on IAQ and occupants’ outcomes.
Dr. Fátima Felgueiras
Dr. Marta Gabriel
Dr. Sara Maio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- indoor air quality
- human health and well-being
- intervention studies
- nature-based solutions
- ventilation and air cleaning
- healthy buildings
- cost–benefit analysis
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