Nick Agopian, President, Reviveaire, discusses the role of advanced air-handling in IVF outcomes

Posted: April 28, 2026

Good Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is critical to achieving successful IVF outcomes. In an IVF laboratory, embryos are grown outside the human body, which means that their survival depends entirely on the environment around them, including the quality of the air. Since embryos are among the most sensitive cellular structures in medicine, they are highly […]

Posted: April 25, 2026

Welcome to the third episode of CCME ON AIRE, the official online broadcast platform of CPI Industry, publishers of Climate Control Middle East magazine. We bring you news, views and commentary from across the global HVACR and allied sectors.

Posted: April 15, 2026

Air quality specialist, Sotirios Papathanasiou elaborates on how poor IAQ can increase incidences of infertility, prenatal mortality and birth defects. Excerpts from the interview he gave to Climate Control Middle East magazine…

Posted: November 26, 2025

In this issue, we turn our attention from IVF to the correlation between good Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), and ovarian and sperm health.

Posted: November 10, 2025

For molecular geneticist, James Webb to say that air pollution is a pervasive environmental determinant of health, and to specify that pollutants like PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, nitrogen oxides, ozone, Volatile Organic Compounds and ultrafine particles have been implicated in impaired gamete quality and embryo development, is as powerful a spotlight as any on the indispensable nature […]

Posted: October 27, 2025

Dr Iyad Al-Attar, independent air filtration and IAQ consultant, reports on lessons learnt from visiting an IVF facility

Posted: October 17, 2025

Pollutants like PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, nitrogen oxides, ozone, Volatile Organic Compounds and ultrafine particles have been implicated in impaired gamete quality and embryo development, says molecular geneticist, James Webb

Posted: October 7, 2025

Dr Iyad Al-Attar, who straddles the science and engineering of air filtration approaches and broader IAQ measures, to helm the project, CPI Industry says

Posted: August 5, 2025

In the delicate dance of creating new life, an often-invisible partner plays a critical role – the air we breathe, says IAQ consultant Dr Iyad Al-Attar, adding that for those undergoing In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and seeking to benefit from other Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), as well as for couples hoping to conceive naturally, the purity of the air is emerging as a crucial factor in determining success. Dr Al-Attar in conversation with Surendar Balakrishnan, Editor, Climate Control Middle East…

Posted: July 24, 2025