The 2024 edition of the ASHRAE Winter Conference and the AHR Expo, in Chicago, were opportunities to meet HVACR industry stakeholders and exclusively gather feedback on ASHRAE Standard 241, and perspectives on the industry’s response to the Global Cooling Pledge, one of the key outcomes of the recently concluded COP28, in the UAE. Climate Control Middle East reporting from the ground in Chicago on whether the industry represents hope in addressing the need for aggressive climate action and for better IAQ or not…

Posted: February 16, 2024

Dr Iyad Al-Attar offers a historical perspective on urbanisation and air quality, emphasising how humans have been polluting, living, working and filtering air unsustainably

Posted: February 15, 2024

Dr Iyad Al-Attar grasps the nettle – air quality issues in schools

Posted: December 5, 2023

Publishes Open Letter advocating for official UN recognition of World Ventil8 Day

Posted: November 8, 2023

The growth of the construction industry in Saudi Arabia and the UAE – combined with a drive for sustainability and efficiency, and the growing importance of Indoor Environmental Quality – is shaping the market landscape of air movement solutions in the GCC region. Indu Revikumar, Features Writer, Climate Control Middle East, has the story…

Posted: September 9, 2023

The build up to COP28, in Q4 2023 in the UAE, is quite interesting for the sheer diversity of responses, which include paranoia and blame-shifting, ungainly browbeating and dialectical discussions. There is rosy optimism that the rise in temperatures can be stalled and eventually reversed, and then there are those that drip cynicism in every […]

Posted: July 27, 2023

A pathway to better Indoor Air Quality is on its way, says Jeremy McDonald

Posted: July 13, 2023

Insite Technical Conference to focus on improving the comfort, health, safety and productivity of indoor environments

Posted: July 11, 2023

It’s not out of place to raise the alarm on the quality of indoor air in airports

Posted: March 6, 2023

Independent testing can be a catalyst for a healthy dialogue and a process for continuous improvement, argues Jeremy McDonald

Posted: February 10, 2023