ISHRAE organizes 1st Asian Conference on Indoor Environmental Quality (ACIEQ)

Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE) in collaboration with Society for Indoor Environment (SIE) and Indoor Air Quality Association-India Chapter (IAQA) have announced that it has organized the 1^st “Asian Conference On Indoor Environmental Quality” (ACIEQ) between 1-2, February, 2019 at Indian Aviation Academy, New Delhi.

Growing urbanization and increase in population has increased the exposure of people to airtight buildings with accompanying health impacts. With more than 90% of time being spent indoor, the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) plays an important role in maintaining the health, well-being, & productivity of individuals especially in urban areas.

Indoor Environment is an area that is not currently well addressed in the design and use of built environment in India& has not received the importance and traction that it deserves. India does not have standards for indoor air quality today & studies on the assessment of health impacts due to indoor air pollution have been rather scant and there are no third party certifications to know the efficacy of indoor air pollution control equipment.

National guidelines on the subject of Indoor Air Quality need to be framed by involving “green” builders, architects, air ventilation experts, paint manufacturers, furniture makers & other stakeholders.

The conference is a meet and interaction with Industry, Government, Research and Academia Experts on Indoor Environment with eminent star speakers like Professor Alan Hedge (Professor, Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University, U.S.A.), Dr. Richard de Dear (Professor in Building Science Director, Indoor Environmental Quality Laboratory, University of Sydney) and Professor Paolo Carrer (Director of the Occupational Health Unit, ”Luigi Sacco” Hospital of Milan, University of Milan.

Major Themes to be covered in this Asian Conference are: “Indoor Air Quality for Urban Living’, “Adaptive Thermal Comfort” and “Occupant Performance and Behavioral Studies”

ISHRAE with 42 chapters all across India, having more than 12,000 members and 10,000 student members has been working relentlessly on promoting Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and has already come up with IEQ Standard which has been well received internationally, & has been adopted by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).