The indoor air quality (IAQ) needs to be improved: actions and activities at EU and national level, and links between technology programs are a means to support this.
Different ways to improve indoor air quality are studied, ranging from source control to education of occupants about how to handle the indoor environment to achieve healthy and acceptable indoor air.
Through literature study, workshops with scientific experts and building professionals, as well as interviews with three stakeholder groups (producers of construction products, architects and end-users), requirements for information, guidance and actions to improve indoor air quality were identified.
These requirements form the basis of a possible approach to improve indoor air quality: education and awareness, regulations and policies, and research and development.
The general objective is to define, initiate and develop activities that improve indoor air quality and reduce exposure to indoor air pollution sources, in particular of construction products.
Three consecutive steps were taken to fulfil this objective: