Mar 30, 2024 | Cooking, Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality, Solutions
This update was created by Tom Phillips, ROCIS Technical Advisor, Healthy Building Research ROCIS offers a comprehensive Range Hood Guide on our website for anyone—from homeowners to contractors—to use in the process of choosing and installing kitchen range hoods....
Mar 30, 2024 | Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality, Solutions
Pittsburgh Has a Particle Pollution Problem The air quality in Pittsburgh is among the worst in the country, but you can protect the air you breathe in your home. ROCIS presents the following overview of particle pollution and what you can do about it indoors. First,...
Mar 30, 2024 | Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality, Solutions
The fan/filter is a DIY and low-cost strategy to effectively remove particles in the air. Our team recommends using a MERV-13 20×20 4″ filter for desired filtration and longevity. Through our Low-Cost Monitoring Project participants, we have seen a significant...
Mar 30, 2024 | Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality, Presentations, Solutions
Creating Healthy Places: Protecting Indoor Spaces from Outdoor Pollution ROCIS was proud to bring together the knowledge, creativity, connections, and insight of our local community and beyond for a forum on the impact of outdoor pollution on indoor air quality. On...
Mar 30, 2024 | Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality, Presentations, Solutions
ROCIS focuses a lot on the particles in our air. Several of the monitors used in the Low Cost Monitoring Project (LCMP) produce data about the particle levels, and we’ve designed numerous interventions that specifically target particulate matter. Why are we so fixated...