New Oregon Study to Measure the Impact of Energy Efficiency Upgrades on IAQ
Study is being funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
PORTLAND, Ore. — Enhabit (formerly Clean Energy Works) has announced a collaboration with researchers from the University of Oregon and the Oregon Research Institute on a new study designed to measure the connection between energy efficiency improvements and IAQ. The study is being funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The EPA reports that on average, people spend about 90 percent of their time indoors where pollutant levels can be two to five times higher than outside. Based on cancer risk alone, federal scientists have ranked indoor air pollution as one of the most important environmental problems in the United States.