Rebecca Davis
Rebecca Davis
@rebeccad84.bsky.social
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Belfast

#CleanIndoorAir
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Improving air quality in schools what can we do?

This webinar will explore the impact of polluted air on the health, attendance and performance of students and staff, and practical solutions to fix it.

Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/yc29eeef
February 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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My daughter Rosie is curating a second @longcovidkids.bsky.social exhibition in Northern Ireland this year. This #mylongcocidrock project is one of the ways that youngsters from anywhere in the world can be involved in an exhibition to raise awareness.
Resources and information on how to register your organisation and how to get involved can be found in our blog.
Let’s unite to raise awareness of paediatric Long Covid this March.
#MyLongCovidRock
#LCKRocks
#LongCovidKids
#LongCovid
#LongCovidAwareness

www.longcovidkids.org/post/mylongc...
February 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Last chance to register for the Eurovent conference on IAQ in schools on 22nd Jan. Come and hear about the science of indoor air and health, and some of the practical measures for improving ventilation and IAQ in schools www.eurovent.eu/events/iaqma...
www.eurovent.eu
January 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Someone came up to me yesterday and said they implemented recs from my Harvard Healthy Buildings program across their company's entire portfolio, and their kid's school. So nice to hear. And, great reminder that the 'peekers' on social are more important than the 'engagers' on social platforms.
November 20, 2024 at 12:27 PM
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Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.
November 18, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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Estimated health impacts of gas stoves in Europe are really significant. Challenge with indoor air is that most of the health consequences take years and are hard to attribute. But that doesn’t mean we should ignore. Always use ventilation when cooking with gas www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pollutants from gas stoves kill 40,000 Europeans each year, report finds
Study says harmful gases linked to heart and lung disease shave nearly two years off a person’s life
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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Now the weather is turning colder a good time to remind that air cleaners can be a low energy approach to maintaining good indoor air when windows are less frequently opened. We looked at this recently for classrooms led by @henryburridge.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Coupled indoor air quality and dynamic thermal modelling to assess the potential impacts of standalone HEPA filter units in classrooms
The quality of the classroom environment, including ventilation, air quality and thermal conditions, has an important impact on children’s health and …
www.sciencedirect.com
October 27, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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Significant support for pavement parking bans across the UK from drivers

Net support of +c.34% from all UK drivers. Scotland (where a ban is in place and now enforced) has the highest level of support
October 21, 2024 at 5:35 PM