Angela Southey PhD discusses the potential health benefits of these popular products Portable air cleaner usage in homes and offices has increased steadily over the last 20 years in countries such as the US where one in three households has an air cleaner 1. The main reason for this is heightened public awareness of the harmful health effects of particulates. In China, domestic air purifiers were almost unheard of prior to 2013 2. Now in many parts of Asia, air purifier sales are booming 2 as...
Angela Southey
Angela Southey PhD is the Laboratory Manager at airmid healthgroup
HVAC systems and Indoor Air Quality
Heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are often described as the "lungs" of a building1. They can range in size from small stand-alone units serving a single room to large centrally controlled systems that serve multiple rooms in a building. HVAC systems in modern public and commercial buildings can provide heating, cooling, filtered outdoor air and humidity control to maintain comfort conditions in the building2. However, not all HVAC systems are designed to accomplish all...
Environmental Test Chambers: What is their value to industry and how do they improve quality of life?
The often quoted statistics that according to the USA EPA we spend over 80% of our time indoors, and that indoor air quality can be up to 5 times more polluted than outdoor air have new relevance with some recent changes in the indoor ecosystem. The constant drive for energy efficiency can have a negative impact on indoor air quality and recent publications about the issue of ultrafine particles are bringing air quality in the built environment under the spotlight. Consumers are...
Environmental Test Chambers: What is their value to industry and how do they improve quality of life
The often quoted statistic that according to the USA EPA we spend over 80% of our time indoors, and that indoor air quality can be up to 5 times more polluted than outdoor air has new relevance with some recent changes in the indoor ecosystem. The constant drive for energy efficiency can have a negative impact on indoor air quality and recent publications about the issue of ultrafine particles is bringing air quality in the built environment under the spotlight. Consumers are reenergised about...
A New Method for Assessing Feather and Down Serum Protein Contamination
2011 EAACI Annual Meeting Dr Angela Southey's research, entitled A New Method for Assessing Feather and Down Serum Protein Contamination, was recently presented by Dr Bruce Mitchell at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Annual Congress, in Istanbul, Turkey. This research demonstrates that the Avian IgG immunoassay is an important tool for asessing the level of bird allergen contamination of feathers and hence can be used to assess the effectiveness of the commercial...
Particle Size Distribution in Domestic House Dust Samples – A Comparison of the Characteristics of ISO Fine Dust versus Real House Dust
Indoor Air 2011 Meeting airmid healthgroup ltd's Technical Manager, Dr Angela Southey, recently presented her research at the prestigious 12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate in Austin, Texas. Dr Southey presented her data with the subject of A Comparison of the Characteristics of ISO Fine Test Dust Versus Real House Dust. To view the poster that was presented click here (pdf), and to view the paper that was published click here (pdf).
Particle Size Distribution in Domestic House Dust Samples – A Comparison of the Characteristics of ISO Fine Dust versus Real House Dust
June 2011 airmid healthgroup ltd's Technical Manager, Dr Angela Southey, recently presented her research at the prestigious 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate in Austin, Texas. Dr Southey presented her data with the subject of A Comparison of the Characteristics of ISO Fine Test Dust Versus Real House Dust. To view the poster that was presented click here. To view the paper that was published click here.
airmid healthgroup ltd Highlights Marked Differences Between ISO Fine Test Dust and ‘Real’ Household Dust
Dublin, Ireland, June 9th, 2011 Consistent with airmid healthgroup ltd's policy of R&D, patent filing and publications in high impact factor journals, Technical Manager Dr Angela Southey has been invited to present her data at the prestigious 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate in Austin, Texas. Dr Southey will present her impressive research with the subject matter A Comparison of the Characteristics of ISO Fine Test Dust Versus Real House Dust. The key...