Small actions such as ventilating enclosed spaces can help improve the quality of the air around us. But some of our well-intended actions might actually have adverse effects. Lebret suggests: ‘We should ventilate, but we should not over ventilate as this is a substantial loss of energy. It leads to more heating and use of fossil fuels, and consequently means more air pollution. We should think of it as making more sensible use of our resources in general.’
More information • European Commission on public health: http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm • Joint Research Centre on indoor air quality: http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/our_activities/publichealth/indoor_air_quality • World Health Organization on indoor air quality: www.who.int/indoorair • Tips to improve indoor air quality: European Lung Foundation
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