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How do we prevent bad indoor air quality?

So what happens when indoor air is bad? Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) will have a negative impact on your health and well-being. As the saying goes, “home is where the heart is,” but let’s not forget about your lungs as well.

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Design for productive workplaces

In the long term, companies that promote and protect workers’ health could do better in avoiding undue sick leave and disability, minimising medical costs as well as costs associated with high turnover such as training, and enhance long-term productivity, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Why we need air quality regulations

Did you know that without proper ventilation and equipment, a room or building’s indoor air quality (IAQ) could be even more polluted than the air outdoors, to the detriment of the building occupants’ health?

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Lessons from Japan's public housing

Under Japan’s public rental housing schemes, the construction cost is borne jointly by the federal government and local authority, with the latter taking care of the land purchase cost to ensure the affordability level of these homes for low-income earners.

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Housing minister and developers find inspiration in the Far East

The delegation, which comprised Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin, drivers of Malaysia’s top property develop-ment companies and members on the judging panel of EdgeProp Malaysia’s Best Managed Property Awards, gained valuable insights into some of Japan’s latest technologies for sustainable township development as well as smart and wellness home systems and solutions.

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