
Indoor air quality

Recently, a few of us at Airtopia met with a former employee of our founder David Evans MBE to talk about a unique perspective she brought to our work. Having left the world of marketing and account management, Michelle has begun working in pet healthcare and asked us if we’d considered the impact of poor... View Article

What You Should Know Before You Move to a New Home
Your home should be a sanctuary.

Why IAQ matters
What You Breathe Matters, Indoors and Out

The Future Depends on Healthy Homes
We already spend about 70% of our time in our homes. We sleep, eat, wash, change, entertain and veg in front of the telly. A growing body of research recommends the benefits to our lives and the Earth if we double the number of people who work remotely, increasing time spent at home to nearer... View Article

12 Triggers of Christmas
With thanks to Asthma Action and The Lung Association Ontario, whose words we have edited. On the twelfth day of Christmas, these triggers bothered me…

Indoor Air Quality Survey 2018
For Clean Air Day 2018, Global Action Plan undertook a survey on behalf of Airtopia, to discover some of the levels of understanding around indoor air quality...

Deck the Halls! (…but not with dust balls)
Fa la la la la! 'Tis the season… Time to get into the loft, to the back of the cupboard or out to the garage to get at those boxes of lights, Granny’s old ornaments and strands of tinsel. The trees go up and the candles are lit to give your home that holiday atmosphere.

Penney Poyzer, ‘The Queen of Green’, reveals the Airtopia indoor air quality results from her ecohome
Penney Poyzer, 'The Queen of Green', tells us about her long-standing interest in indoor air quality and her Airtopia test results...

Do you really need to wash new clothing before you wear it?
It looks bright and clean, but once you’ve ripped the labels off your new clothing, should you be running it through the wash before you show off your new garms?

Keep a breeze in your bedroom… why a sealed sleep space isn’t good for you
There’s no doubt, winter is coming. It’s that time of year when we start closing up the house and preparing to get through the cold weather by making our homes warm and cosy. But before you go to sleep tonight, maybe don’t shut your bedroom window all the way…