About the Project

In 2020 – 2021, NHS Scotland buildings accounted for around 430,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. This project’s key challenge is to create healthy, inclusive, resilient, and nature-rich healthcare environments that nurture good health and wellbeing for patients, staff, and the wider community while minimizing the impact on the environment.

The aim is to visualize the invisible: giving building occupants and the public information and insights into the effects, sources, and remedies for indoor air quality, particularly in the context of the drive to net zero. The project will explore issues of pollution sources illustrating, for example, potential sources of pollutants in the home from building materials, cleaning and personal care products, and external sources. It will also examine ways to reduce these pollutants, primarily through ventilation methods and systems, and how people can better control the pollutants in their own homes.