Indoor Air Quality Research in Purdue's Living Labs

Just by breathing or wearing deodorant, you have more influence over your office space than you might think, a growing body of evidence shows. But could these basic acts of existence also be polluting the air in the office room where you work?

To find out, a team of engineers at Purdue University has been conducting one of the largest studies of its kind in the office spaces of a building rigged with thousands of sensors. The goal is to identify all types of indoor air contaminants and recommend ways to control them through how a building is designed and operated.

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Featured Purdue Civil & Environmental and Ecological engineers:

Brandon Boor, Assistant Professor
Danielle Wagner, Graduate Student
Tianren Wu, Graduate Student


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