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Indoor air quality (IAQ) is a fundamental yet frequently underestimated aspect of public health, especially highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This often-neglected facet impacts health, productivity, and learning. In an article published in SCIENCE, 40+ international experts, including Professor Joseph Allen, Director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings program, call for national IAQ standards and provide a roadmap for healthier indoor spaces. In this blog, we provide three key takeaways from our perspective: Key Takeaway 1: The Imperative for IAQ Standards   The global pandemic has underscored the critical role of IAQ in public health, revealing a glaring absence of regulated performance standards in public spaces. The lack of legislated IAQ standards exposes indoor environments to pollutants and airborne disease risks. The article emphasizes the stark contrast between the rigorous regulations for outdoor air quality and the relatively lax stance on indoor air despite significant ti...

  A new study by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has revealed the motivations of companies, assessed potential obstacles to ESG implementation, and highlighted the positive impact of responsible business practices. The survey has arrived as the Dubai Chamber of Commerce sets out to determine the level of adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices among the emirate’s business community. It indicates that the main drivers of ESG adoption among participants include both economic and value-based drivers.   The top three economic drivers were increased efficiency, maintaining competitiveness, and operational benefits, while the three most prominent value-based drivers included a commitment to ethical business practices, social responsibility, and demonstrating leadership in ESG.   It also analysed the adoption of ESG practices among three categories of companies. These included famil...

  Digital technology is reimagining the way workplaces operate and people do business.     Developments such as the internet of things (IoT) present a variety of diverse opportunities across many industries and are also transforming modern workplaces and service operations. This shift is evident in the trend toward creating smart office — in which technology is used to make the physical work environment intelligent, adaptable to business objectives, experiential, and oriented to health & wellness standards.     What is a smart workplace?     A smart workplace or responsive workplace is an office space that uses technology to adjust to the varying needs of the people using it.     Post the pandemic, most organizations are also taking pre-emptive steps to ensure that the workplaces foster health and well-being of the occupants by adhering to Indoor air, indoor environment,  surface hygiene , water quality standards which can ...