Quotes

“Your environment is the air you breathe, the water you drink and the ground you walk on.”

Environment Agency, UK

"Duncan: This castle hath a pleasant seat; the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle senses."

William Shakespeare; Macbeth

"... inadequate ventilation is more dangerous than all other causes combined ...."

John Griscom, surgeon, 1850

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."

Albert Einstein

“Get outside in the fresh air and play!”

Anonymous

"I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is found."

John Muir

"Ventilare necesse est."

AIR book, comment, pg 72 A

“Definition of a “building” stands for: a roofed construction having walls, for which energy is used to condition the indoor climate.”

EPBD Directive, Article 2

“We really know far too little about the indoor air. We know that it makes us ill but we do not know why. We know that our ventilation is insufficient but we really don’t know how much we need to ventilate to make the air good.”

Interview with Professor Jan Sundell

“What do you know about the air you breathe?”

Anonymous

“Ventilare necesse est – to ventilate is necessary – and ventilation will always be a cost. On the other hand, gains made by ventilating sensibly are always worth far more than the consequences of doing nothing at all."

AIR book, comment, pg 72 A

"Good ventilation improves our performance and is of vital importance for our healthy – not least for our children´s. Can we afford not to pay attention to these facts?”

AIR book, comment, pg 72 A

"Energy is in the air!"

Anonymous S.

To only consider energy is affecting the health of our citizens.

Suzanne Deoux

"We can measure approximately 300 organic items, and then there are all the items we cannot measure. A good indoor climate must therefore be a climate in which we thrive (feel good). Humans must be the measure scale."

Pawel Wargocki, Center for Indeklima og Energi ved Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

"Air pollution in mines or cities is harmful to our health."

Hippocrates (400 B.C.)

Lecturers

Lecturers at Swegon Air Academy

Our seminars are conducted by our own lecturers as well as some of the most well-known representatives from universities, research institutes and trade organisations. The seminars focus on current topics related to good indoor climate, ventilation systems and energy efficiency in buildings.

The aim of Swegon Air Academy is to provide overviews of the various current issues in an objective and impartial manner by engaging highly distinguished experts from a representative cross-section of the different sectors in the industry.

The lecturers are listed in alphabetical order by their first name. To search for a specific name, use a function Ctrl+F.