International. Representatives from Brazil, Spain and Colombia participated in the elaboration of the Ibero-American indoor air quality standard, approved in January by the FAIAR - Federation of Ibero-American Associations of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, during the AHR Expo 2019, it is already in force.
The standard will be adopted by ibero-American countries with regard to indoor air quality in buildings and will be responsible for pointing out parameters for measuring internal air quality, methodologies and the maintenance of that air so that it is considered healthy.
Henrique Cury, director of EcoQuest of Brazil and acting member of Qualindoor, National Department of Internal Air Quality ABRAVA, was indicated as the Brazilian representative in the committee that elaborated the standard and is also the one who was in charge, representing ABRAVA together with Paulino Pastor, representative of Spain and Roberto D'annestra, of Colombia.
According to Cury, indoor air quality is a growing concern around the world. He explains that there is a lot of knowledge about this problem, however, there is a lack of practical application of most of this information in the daily life of the general public. "The elaboration of this standard lasted exactly 12 months, and we have already started a specific standard for hospitals" Cury.
On the occasion, it was also decided to elaborate a specific standard for Hospitals. As it is an excessively sensitive place, many of the problems in these premises are due to the presence of pollutants in the environment. No matter how careful a facility is, germs and bacteria are often brought in by patients, doctors and visitors, and can cause a risk to everyone's health. The forecast is that it will be approved in February 2020.
"Any effort dedicated to controlling the quality of the internal air will undoubtedly have enormous social benefits in terms of comfort and health of the population, increasing productivity, minimizing absenteeism in commercial facilities or reducing nosocomial infections in hospital environments," says Henrique.
