Third European Conference on Indoor Air Quality

The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the importance of ventilation to mitigate the transmission of respiratory disease.

Beyond COVID-19 there is growing awareness that exposure to pollutants in indoor environments has a substantial impact on health, productivity and performance. We need to learn the lessons of the pandemic and build better after COVID-19 for the health of future generations. The focus of the meeting was to consider what is needed at a strategic level to make effective change to improve indoor environments in buildings. We explored the practical challenges and opportunities for understanding and mitigating poor ventilation in the most cost-effective ways.

Since 2023, the GHF has been organizing a consortium of organizations to advocate for a global strategy to improve air quality.

Following the Bern conference in September 2023 and the Paris conference in June 2025, a third conference will address the issue of air quality in hospitals and medical facilities.

This conference will take place in Rome, coordinated by the Italian National Institute of Health. 

The conference will be organized in October. The exact date will be announce in March.