Vital Innovations

Healthy Spaces

English - August 07, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
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As climate change continues to negatively impact the health of our planet and its people, medical research is continuously producing new and more effective life-saving treatments.

What does this mean for climate tech? Whether helping transport life-saving treatments or monitoring ventilation in indoor spaces, climate technology plays a role in helping us get better, faster – and in making our built spaces healthier to begin with.

Listen in and learn from two innovators who are leading the way to ensure that climate technologies are working to support more resilient healthcare systems.

Thanks to the iAIR Institute and Allergy Standards (ASL), the iAIR Academy Healthier Buildings Awareness Program is available to Healthy Spaces listeners for just $47 – a generous discount of $110, thanks to our partners. To benefit from the discount, visit https://www.iair.academy/healthier-buildings-awareness-with-the-iair-academy-trane and use the coupon code HBA-TRANE-70 at checkout.

Guests:

Holly Paeper, President of Life Science Solutions for Trane Technologies

Dr. John McKeon, CEO of iAir Institute and Allergy Standards

Host: Dominique Silva, Innovation Initiatives Leader, Trane Technologies

References:

Impact of climate change on human pathogenic diseases subject of new study by UH researchers: Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by greenhouse gas emissions -- ScienceDaily Climate change, emerging infections and blood donations | Journal of Travel Medicine | Oxford Academic (oup.com)