What is good indoor climate?
People want to live and work in a healthy and sustainable environment with a good indoor environment throughout their lives.
What is Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) about?
The indoor environmental quality has an impact on the health, comfort, well-being, productivity and performance of the building occupants.
A poor IEQ can have short and long-term health effects, such as health disorders, respiratory diseases, stress levels, and discomfort of occupants, among others.
IEQ considerations can enhance the building's quality, energy efficiency and sustainability through an integrated design approach.
Find out more about IEQ - From past to presentHow do we understand the IEQ definition and parameters?
The indoor environmental quality (IEQ) can be defined and determined by a variety of physical and psychological aspects of life indoors, such as thermal comfort, air quality, lighting quality and acoustic conditions, as well as others.
- air
- thermal
- lighting
- sound
IEQ and the big picture
How it all began?
IEQ is more complex than IAQ (Indoor Air Quality)
Transitioning from IAQ to IEQ
Discover why IEQ is so complex"Besides addressing thermal comfort and other IEQ issues, buildings and other enclosed spaces are increasingly challenged to provide a healthy environment in an energy efficient manner. The complex relationship between indoor and outdoor environmental conditions, coupled with the impacts of climate change, requires a paradigm shift towards creating buildings that are comfortable and healthy for the occupants yet also energy efficient. Although the goal of improved IAQ and thermal comfort can be achieved by increasing energy consumption, it can also be achieved without significant increase or even with decreased energy consumption."
— ASHRAE IAQ 2013