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www.healthyindoors.com Vol. 5 No. 8, Nov./Dec. 2017
6 | EDITORIAL— November/December 2017
At press time for this issue, California continues to burn.
Aside from the obvious destruction to property from
these fires, the air quality in these affected areas is being
significantly degraded, both indoors and outdoors.
P
oor outdoor air quality affecting
indoor environmental quality
isn't a new story—it's been hap-
pening in China and India for some
time. As a result, many U.S. firms of-
fering air quality-related products like
monitors and purifiers have seen dra-
matic sales increases in Asian markets
over the past few years. The dire envi-
ronmental situation in these emerging
industrial nations has even prompted
a North American firm to begin distrib-
uting bottled air as a product in Chi-
na. http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/15/
asia/china-canadian-company-selling-
clean-air/index.html
Coal-fired generation of electric-
ity, combined with other ill-regulated
manufacturing processes, are creating
environmental crises around the globe
in the form of toxic smog. Since the
1970s, the U.S. has made progress in
improving the quality of the air in urban
areas, effectively reducing smog by
regulating emissions.
The ongoing wild-fires on the west
coast come at a time when the current
administration is seeking to loosen
the Environmental Protection Agency's
regulatory control of outdoor emissions,
which will only serve to exacerbate
the situation.
What does this mean for indoor
air quality (IAQ) in these places? At
minimum, degrading the outdoor air
that most buildings rely on for "fresh
air" will present additional challenges
for mechan ical designs and O&M. As
we've seen throughout 2017, climate
change continues to adversely impact
events that ultimately affect our indoor
environments, as well. 2018 will require
some paradigm shifts if we are going
to address the myriad of new environ-
mental challenges, and improve both
our indoor and outdoor worlds.
Bob Krell,
Publisher
