#4.2 - Ben Jones: Unpacking the Science of Household Air Quality, Cooking Emissions, and the Impact of the Built Environment on Health

Air Quality Matters

Send us a text

Ben Jones - Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment.
With a Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, he worked as a Senior Software Engineer at BAE Systems before completing an Engineering Doctorate in Environmental Technologies at Brunel.
He was a Research Associate at University College London for two years before taking the post in Nottingham in 2013.
Ben's work focuses on measurement and modelling approaches to the indoor environment. He is particularly interested in the energy-efficient ventilation of buildings and its relationship with indoor air quality and occupant health.
Now and then, a piece of work comes along that has the attention of the room. And the work that Ben and his colleagues have been responsible for on Harm is right up there.
It's about the Harm that pollutants may cause and ways we can better define it and ultimately what we consider good or bad indoor air quality.
We talked about much more, including relative risk, cooking pollutants and what he is working on right now.
As always with Ben it was a genuinely fascinating conversation. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for listening.
Ben Jones - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-jones-0686a214/
Ben Jones - Nottingham University - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/departments/abe/people/benjamin.jones
A preliminary assessment of the health impacts of indoor air contaminants determined using the DALY metric - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14733315.2023.2198800
AIVC - https://www.aivc.org/
ASHRAE 241 - https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/bookstore/ashrae-standard-241-control-of-infectious-aerosols

Support the show

Check out the Air Quality Matters website for more information, updates and more.
This Podcast is brought to you in partnership with.
21 Degrees
Lindab
Aico
Ultra Protect
InBiot
All great companies that share the podcast's passion for better air quality in the built environment. Supporting them helps support the show.

Kapitel

1. Air Quality and Engineering in Practice (00:00:00)

2. Handling Uncertainty in Modeling Airborne Transmission (00:06:51)

3. Ventilation and Uncertainty in Air Quality (00:22:08)

4. Cooker Hoods and Air Quality Regulations (00:30:17)

5. Changing Views on Health and Well-Being (00:35:57)