Prof. Rob McLeod
@robscot.bsky.social
Professor of Building Physics and Sustainable Design at TU Graz 🇪🇺
Everything is connected...
#IndoorAirQuality #Ventilation #BuildingPhysics #EnergyPolicy
#LowCarbonBuildings #Resilience
#ClimateCrisis #Health&Wellbeing #SocialJustice #ED&I/DEI
Everything is connected...
#IndoorAirQuality #Ventilation #BuildingPhysics #EnergyPolicy
#LowCarbonBuildings #Resilience
#ClimateCrisis #Health&Wellbeing #SocialJustice #ED&I/DEI
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Prof. Rob McLeod
@robscot.bsky.social
· Jun 30
Air Quality Matters - Podcast Page
The Air Quality Matters Podcast is a weekly conversation with leaders in air quality and ventilation from across the globe.
www.airqualitymatters.net
It was a real pleasure to speak to @airqualitymatters.bsky.social about our recent #ImpAQS report on air quality in #Austrian #schools, and the wider implications of this study for the future of ventilation and air quality in schools everywhere.
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www.airqualitymatters.net/podcast
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www.airqualitymatters.net/podcast
Great work @ukhadds.bsky.social calling out this toxic disinformation/ social manipulation, masquerading as science by @thetelegraphnews.bsky.social
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Great work @ukhadds.bsky.social calling out this toxic disinformation/ social manipulation, masquerading as science by @thetelegraphnews.bsky.social
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Clean air, ventilation & masks all stop the spread of disease
“Flu Season” is just cold weather.. leading to closed windows.. leading to inadequately ventilated buildings.. leading to a build up of virus in the air #FluIsAirborne
“Flu Season” is just cold weather.. leading to closed windows.. leading to inadequately ventilated buildings.. leading to a build up of virus in the air #FluIsAirborne
Number of people hospitalised with flu increases by almost 60% in two weeks
Number of people hospitalised with flu increases by almost 60% in two weeks
Highest number of cases reported last week were in children aged 0 to 14, who accounted for 1,022 instances
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Clean air, ventilation & masks all stop the spread of disease
“Flu Season” is just cold weather.. leading to closed windows.. leading to inadequately ventilated buildings.. leading to a build up of virus in the air #FluIsAirborne
“Flu Season” is just cold weather.. leading to closed windows.. leading to inadequately ventilated buildings.. leading to a build up of virus in the air #FluIsAirborne
Near-field vs. Far-field viral transmission in schools. Recent Swiss study published in Nature Comms provides new insights on relative risks...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Near-field vs. Far-field viral transmission in schools. Recent Swiss study published in Nature Comms provides new insights on relative risks...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨 Mask up, ventilate, vaccinate... 👇
Very bad flu’ season this year and no sign of it peaking.
1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🚨 Mask up, ventilate, vaccinate... 👇
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
" A small number of rogue nations can not be allowed to block progress for the rest of the world..."
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
" A small number of rogue nations can not be allowed to block progress for the rest of the world..."
Why bother with peer reviewed science🧪... when you can just make stuff up? 🤔
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Why bother with peer reviewed science🧪... when you can just make stuff up? 🤔
Your thoughts... is this a) Gross misconduct in public office? b) Gross negligence? c) Misuse of power? d) Social murder? e) All of the above?
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Your thoughts... is this a) Gross misconduct in public office? b) Gross negligence? c) Misuse of power? d) Social murder? e) All of the above?
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.
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I've always worked really hard to protect myself and my family from COVID. I tried following public health recommendations for the first year, using cloth/surgical masks. We all caught COVID as a result.
Unfortunately, I've never recovered. Its been 5 long years.
I've learned a lot...
Unfortunately, I've never recovered. Its been 5 long years.
I've learned a lot...
This!!!! I got covid for Christmas 2021 (despite only seeing 2 people during the holiday season), and ever since, I've had #LongCovid. It's 3 days from Christmas 2024, and it's still debilitating. I masked then and still do mask. Please - PLEASE - mask up when you're not feeling well!!
please mask and wash your hands and test if you don’t feel well. so many people are getting sick and getting others sick. stay home if you’re sick. exposing countless workers to illness so you can get your holiday shopping done or whatever is gross.
December 22, 2024 at 1:35 PM
I've always worked really hard to protect myself and my family from COVID. I tried following public health recommendations for the first year, using cloth/surgical masks. We all caught COVID as a result.
Unfortunately, I've never recovered. Its been 5 long years.
I've learned a lot...
Unfortunately, I've never recovered. Its been 5 long years.
I've learned a lot...
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1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30, outnumbering every delegation except Brazil
This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it
If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it
If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
1,600+ fossil fuel lobbyists at COP30, outnumbering every delegation except Brazil
This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it
If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This isn’t ‘dialogue’; it’s the industry responsible for the crisis hijacking the negotiations meant to stop it
If this doesn’t make you furious, you’re not paying attention
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Was anyone consulted about this... Do most Europeans even know that Von der Leyen just made a massive u-turn by siding with the far-right to water down her own European Green deal policies? Does this signal that US politics are now driving the EU towards the abyss?
www.politico.eu/article/far-...
www.politico.eu/article/far-...
Far right cheers as von der Leyen’s party abandons centrist coalition over green rules
It marks a dramatic departure from previous EU norms, where centrist groups refused to collaborate with the far right.
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Was anyone consulted about this... Do most Europeans even know that Von der Leyen just made a massive u-turn by siding with the far-right to water down her own European Green deal policies? Does this signal that US politics are now driving the EU towards the abyss?
www.politico.eu/article/far-...
www.politico.eu/article/far-...
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When the government decided to let COVID-19 loose, they decided at that exact same time to do two things.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When the government decided to let COVID-19 loose, they decided at that exact same time to do two things.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
Make life difficult and lonely for elderly and disabled people.
Kill elderly and disabled people by playing dress up and pretend it’s 2019, because we want to be “kind”.
"Only what gets measured gets managed"...
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"Only what gets measured gets managed"...
It's #WorldVentil8Day and the Austrian Health Initiative www.igoe.at is conducting a community air quality measurement campaign. Post your measurements on social media or enter them into a CO2 atlas: indoorco2map.com.
TL;DR results show both good & very poor ventilation in Austrian indoor spaces...
TL;DR results show both good & very poor ventilation in Austrian indoor spaces...
Initiative Gesundes Österreich
www.igoe.at
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
It's #WorldVentil8Day and the Austrian Health Initiative www.igoe.at is conducting a community air quality measurement campaign. Post your measurements on social media or enter them into a CO2 atlas: indoorco2map.com.
TL;DR results show both good & very poor ventilation in Austrian indoor spaces...
TL;DR results show both good & very poor ventilation in Austrian indoor spaces...
“The fight in the big pandemic public health story has moved from proving COVID is airborne to building a public health system that acts like it.”
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“The fight in the big pandemic public health story has moved from proving COVID is airborne to building a public health system that acts like it.”
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
The longer Reform dictate Labour's policies, the more true Labour supporters will be voting #Green ...
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The longer Reform dictate Labour's policies, the more true Labour supporters will be voting #Green ...
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My comment? I'm proud of Green councillors who are doing everything they can to bring attention to stopping the genocide.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
Hackney synagogue calls on Zack Polanski to suspend Green councillors who ‘rallied against Israel’ - The Jewish Chronicle
An extraordinary meeting of the council, called to discuss a motion to cut all ties with ‘Israel’s genocide’, led to an ‘inflamed’ debate
www.thejc.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My comment? I'm proud of Green councillors who are doing everything they can to bring attention to stopping the genocide.
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
www.thejc.com/news/uk/hack...
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UK grid companies made £4bn in windfall profits since 2021 from being able to borrow more cheaply than regulators assumed
A committee of MPs say those gains should be recouped to support households struggling to pay energy bills
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A committee of MPs say those gains should be recouped to support households struggling to pay energy bills
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Power Grid Profits Should Fund Energy Debt, UK Lawmakers Say
UK lawmakers said the government should use excess profits from grid companies to tackle record household energy debt.
www.bloomberg.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
UK grid companies made £4bn in windfall profits since 2021 from being able to borrow more cheaply than regulators assumed
A committee of MPs say those gains should be recouped to support households struggling to pay energy bills
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A committee of MPs say those gains should be recouped to support households struggling to pay energy bills
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.