Photograph by Lasse Bergqvist Since the discovery of fire, cooking has conquered a primary role in our lives. The first form of cooking started 2 million years ago with the throwing of a chunk of food into the fire. According to Anthropologist Richard Wrangham, it was a spontaneous gesture that led to the discovery of…
VOCs: SPENDING HABITS AFFECT INDOOR AIR QUALITY
Different studies have proven the pivotal role of indoor air quality on our health, nonetheless, we tend to minimize the impact of poor air quality on our well-being. As the time we spend in indoor spaces increases, also our awareness about the consequences of the choices we make should increase all together. In our recent…
CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW OUR DAILY ACTIONS CAN STILL STOP GLOBAL WARMING
Even if climate change may appear to you as a rather new phenomenon, well, it’s not. Scientists werealready talking about climate change in the 19th century, when they started to notice that after theIndustrial Revolution in the 18th century, human activities could have an impact on the Earth in thelong term. Svante Arrhenius, for instance,…
Can good Indoor Air Quality help against Coronavirus?
There’s much talk online and offline about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2, the new respiratory virus identified in Wuhan, China, few months ago. While one should not surrender to the general panic and alarmism, it is also a good rule to stay informed, listen to official sources and keep tabs on the best practices….
Are you safe indoors from the Australian bushfires smoke?
In this time of emergency, we wish to raise attention towards an important matter: are we truly safe in our homes from the Australian bushfires smoke?
Healthy Christmas: 12 tips for your festive indoor environment
It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas everywhere you go… Didn’t the song go like this? No? Well anyway, we all know the feeling of those Christmas Eves whith Grandma sleeping in one corner, the fireplace burning bright and a thick cooking scent in the air. That may seem like the perfect picture of…
Indoor air pollution: the (almost) invisible elephant in the room
Outdoor pollution: there’s so much talking about it, that barely anyone can say to actually know nothing about it. And that’s good. That’s very good, as the world is finally understanding the risk the human race is facing with air pollution. But when it comes to indoor air pollution, how comes that most are still…
10 worst office behaviours (that impact indoor environment quality, too!)
There are certainly many issues that can arise in an office when working with other people. Not everyone gets along well, and sometimes even small, innocent behaviours can trigger discontent.
What’s new: Airgloss Beta Program to be launched soon
Here at Airgloss we are always hard at work on something. And this time, the next big thing to be released is a completely new and improved Management Platform. The first Airgloss Beta Program users will shortly have exclusive access to the new Software.
Bringing indoor air quality to HVAC Expo in Lagos
Airgloss will attend the upcoming HVAC Expo in Lagos (11 – 13 July 2019) to display the mutual benefits between Airgloss products and HVAC systems.