purpose

The purpose statement for cleanairdesign.com reads as follows:

"Can we design better health? Air quality has emerged as one of the primary geopolitical issues of the 21st century -- impacting the environment, all nations and all economic sectors. The implications of air quality, in terms of medicine and health insurance alone, are staggering enough to call for major changes in federal policies and heroic corporate investments. Specifically, in the vaguely-defined but critically important area called 'wellness', it is time for architects, designers and developers to come to terms with the variety of parameters that affect interior air quality: climate, location, layout, materials, solar exposure, sealing/curing, ventilation, filtration, furnishings, sanitation, expense and sustainability. This page is a preliminary effort to create a forum on the hypoallergenic house: a residence providing high air quality without sacrificing comfort or esthetics. I invite architects, designers, medical doctors and other informed parties to join me in discussing the ways and means of improving air quality in our internal spaces, be they domestic, corporate or public. Insurance companies, who have a significant interest inimproving air quality, are invited to join the forum."