A healthy indoor environment in the future

The quality of the indoor environment has been a matter of concern for some considerable time, because people spend a good deal of their time indoors, and the indoor environment affects their health. The government has tackled detrimental influences by means including the introduction of legislation on the composition of building materials, and the insulation and ventilation of buildings. It has also provided information to improve the ventilation habits of users and occupants. Some problems have nevertheless proven stubborn, inadequate ventilation in homes for example. New problems also crop up regularly, such as (neuro and reprotoxic) flame retardants from electronics that end up in household dust.