Impact of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality - 15/11/23

Doi : 10.1016/j.iac.2023.09.001

Alina Gherasim, MD ^a, Alison G. Lee, MD, MS ^b, Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD ^c,^⁎
^a ALYATEC Environmental Exposure Chamber, 1 Place de l’Hôpital, Strasbourg, France
^b Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
^c Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA

^∗Corresponding author. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML#563, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0563.University of Cincinnati College of MedicineDepartment of Internal MedicineDivision of RheumatologyAllergy and Immunology231 Albert Sabin Way, ML#563CincinnatiOhio45267-0563

Résumé

Climate change may affect the quality of the indoor environment through heat and mass transfer between indoors and outdoors: first by a direct response to global warming itself and related extreme weather phenomena and second by indirect actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that can lead to increased concentrations of indoor air contaminants. Therefore, both indoor and outdoor air pollution contribute to poor indoor air quality in this context. Exposures to high concentrations of these pollutants contribute to inflammatory respiratory diseases. Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures could minimize these risks and bring associated health benefits.

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Keywords : Climate change, Indoor air quality, Pollutants, Allergy, Asthma