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Please note that this session has been postponed. This page will be updated with the rescheduled date and time once confirmed.
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is emerging as a cornerstone of environmental health and sustainable building design. Join us for an insightful webinar exploring how real-time IAQ data is reshaping global standards like WELL, Fitwel, LEED v5, and even informing new legal frameworks. This transformation is not just theoretical—it’s a dynamic revolution redefining building codes and public policy.
Joined by Brian Gilligan of GSA, and Paula Olsiewski of Johns Hopkins, we’ll trace IAQ's journey from rising awareness fueled by wildfires and urban pollution to its role as a key metric in healthier, more sustainable buildings. Discover how grassroots initiatives and personal IAQ monitoring are influencing broad-scale legislative action. Learn from real-world examples of how local actions are driving the adoption of innovative building practices and legal models for healthier indoor environments.
What You'll Learn:
- Insights into implementing IAQ monitoring on a large scale and leveraging data to drive better building practices.
- The evolution of IAQ standards into proposed legal frameworks and the economic rationale behind these changes.
- Strategies for aligning building design with emerging IAQ standards and legislative initiatives.
- A federal perspective on advancing clean air challenges and initiatives to improve indoor environmental health.
This webinar offers a front-row seat to the evolving intersection of IAQ standards, legislation, and building practices. Leave equipped with actionable knowledge to integrate IAQ strategies into your projects and policies.
Liam Bates is the founder of Kaiterra, a global leader in air quality monitoring, management, and analytics. An expert on air quality, sensor technologies, standard development, and building code, Liam has spoken at over 50 events and over 100 television appearances. Liam serves on the International WELL Building Institute’s technical advisory boards for both the Performance and Air Concepts as well as the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s Indoor Air Quality Task Force. He frequently speaks at international conferences on air quality monitoring and management, including Greenbuild, ASHRAE, IAQA, and the World Economic Forum.
Brian Gilligan is a Professional Engineer and Deputy Director for the Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings at GSA. He has 20 years experience in facilities, construction, and energy management and a passion for sustainability in the built environment. He manages GSA's Health in Buildings research program and acts as an advisor on topics related to workplace strategy and the future of work. These interests help develop tools and methods to enhance health in buildings, and make every project at GSA a learning experience. He is a member of the LEED V5 Technical Advisory Group for Indoor Air Quality and contributes to the ASHRAE Performance.
Dr. Olsiewski is a Contributing Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security where leads the Center’s work on indoor air quality policy to mitigate airborne disease and global catastrophic biological risks. Dr. Olsiewski is recognized as a leading expert in biosecurity and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She was Chair of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Homeland Security Research Subcommittee and was a member of the EPA Board of Scientific Counselors Executive Committee 2014-2022. She is a member of the Academy of Fellows of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in chemistry.
