Air pollution caused by frying and grilling food presents a “significant air quality and public health challenge” said a London council as it announced a new scheme to cut cooking emissions.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 May 2025
The way we cook is more than just a matter of taste and convenience – it’s a critical climate, health, safety, and economic issue. Despite the growing momentum toward building electrification, cooking remains one of the last strongholds of fossil fuel reliance in our homes and commercial kitchens.
By Tushar Nair, Global Cooksafe Coalition on 01 April 2025
Despite decades of effort by many experts and a large body of evidence about the scale of the problem, the topic of indoor air quality (IAQ) in public buildings has attracted little attention beyond readers of professional journals where papers on indoor air pollution and its impacts are published. The Covid-19 pandemic changed this.
By Professor Lidia Morawska, Queensland University of Technology, Professor Prashant Kumar, University of Surrey & Professor Catherine Noakes, University of Leeds on 12 June 2024
Research suggests good indoor environmental quality can enhance the health, wellbeing and productivity of a building’s occupants, so it’s essential for building owners to improve areas like indoor air quality, temperature, lighting and acoustics.
By Dr Andy Dengel, BRE on 10 June 2024
