It’s a beautiful spring day in Upstate New York. The trees have nearly finished leafing out, and lilacs are in full bloom. On days like this, it’s tempting to pretend that the climate isn’t changing that fast. But a glance at the last few weeks’ headlines shatters that daydream. Temperatures hit 50°C (122°F) in parts of India and Pakistan. In Texas, an early-season heat wave arrived while six power plants were offline, prompting calls to curb air conditioning use. In New Mexico, the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire grew to consume over 300,000 acres. Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) measured at the Mauna Loa Observatory set a record, exceeding 420 parts per million (ppm) for the first time. And a new report from the World Meteorological Association estimates a nearly 50% chance that average global temperatures will pass the 1.5°C (2.7°F) warming threshold at least once in the next five years.
气候变化就在这里，它将在接下来的几十年中加剧。从农业到运输，基础设施甚至体育运动，将在我们社会的所有部门中感受到其影响。我们作为绿色建筑商的大部分工作都旨在减轻气候变化：用于低能能使用的设计，建造和改造结构，用可再生，低碳电力为其供电，并选择具有低是体现碳和低全球变暖潜力的材料。
但是，鉴于我们已经看到的变化，并且预测了不久的将来的变化，我们还需要考虑适应。我们如何确保我们的建筑物在不断变化的世界中保持舒适，耐用和健康？我怀疑这将在接下来的几十年中成为绿色建筑的中心主题。在本文中，我探讨了气候变化影响室内空气质量（IAQ）和我们可以采用的策略的方式。
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This is a great overview. A couple of thoughts
> It takes significantly more outdoor air to maintain this indoor level now than it would have in 1980, when CO2 concentrations were 339 ppm.
It seems like this should be the easiest of the problems we have to solve though, since the biggest factor in high indoor CO2 is humans and combustion appliances. If it ever gets to the point that opening windows (or cranking up the HRV/ERV for those who have them) is insufficient, then civilization will have long since ended.
Also, when talking with people about IAQ, I encounter quite a bit of skepticism that it is actually a problem, with some suggesting that taking steps to improving IAQ is tantamount to coddling the immune system.
在该国的西部，随着人们在野火期间开始关注IAQ时，这种情况开始转移，但即使如此，人们也不会与自己家中造成的IAQ问题建立联系。
在所有领域，IAQ都与收入相关，较富裕的生活在较新的房屋中，离工厂排放较远，每立方英尺的室内空气人数较少，因为它通常只有一个家庭住在房屋中。想象一下，经常在一个小房子里为8人的共同家庭烹饪的气炉或丙烷炉。
这就是说，IAQ具有多种维度，但要让人们首先相信这是一个问题，这是一个挑战，更不用说解决方案了。承包商处于一个怪异的位置，因为他们可能被认为是为人们认为不存在的问题推动蛇油解决方案，并且承包商和客户之间的信任已经较低。
If these are real issues, we need trusted health institutions to add their voices to the chorus in unison, or give people the tools to fix these issues themselves. An great example of this is the box fan furnace filter air purifier designs making their rounds on the Internet.
这是对乔恩（Jon）的文章丹（Dan）的深思熟虑的回应。感谢您对提供人员工具的观点。这是我重视Allison Bailes对GBA的贡献的原因之一 - 他清楚地解释了一个问题，并始终提供了一个可靠的解决方案。实际上，他在这里提到的有关盒子风扇空气净化器的文章：Improving Indoor Air With a DIY Portable Air Cleaner。这是一种实用，负担得起且平易近人的解决方案。我们需要更多。
是的，谢谢Dan，这是很棒的观点。我同意，很难让许多人认真对待IAQ。然而，哮喘和其他与IAQ相关的疾病的成本很大，无论是个人的福祉还是整个社会。正如您提到的那样，这些影响不成比例地落在低收入人群上。在过去的几年中，我看到了一些迹象表明能源效率和公共卫生社区开始探索更多的协作。我认为这里的双赢具有一定的潜力。
挑战的一部分是使看不见的可见。这就是为什么我对负担得起的IAQ监视器感到非常兴奋的原因。向人们提供有关颗粒，VOC，二氧化碳和水分水分的实时反馈，这有助于他们在活动，健康和空气质量之间建立联系。它还可以帮助克服您提到的信任差距。
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