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EarthX Honors Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air With Visionary Leadership Award
EarthX, an international environmental nonprofit and global convener, today presented the EarthX Visionary Leadership Award to the members of the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air.

Health & Healthcare

At UN Event, IWBI President and CEO Calls for Health-First Schools
Building on the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air’s landmark launch of the Global Framework for Action, Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and Co-Chair of the Global Commission

Events

IWBI’s Rachel Hodgdon to Deliver Global Call to Action for a “Health-First Agenda” at UN Event on Healthy Indoor Air in Schools
Rachel Hodgdon, President and CEO of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and Co-Chair of the Global Commission, will speak at the upcoming UN Side Event on Healthy Indoor Air in Schools: Every Breath Shapes Learning.

Research & Reports

As World Leaders Gather at the United Nations, the Brown Pandemic Center, MIAI, Air Club, and IWBI Launch a New Tool To Advance Healthy Indoor Air
As world leaders gather at the 81st United Nations General Assembly to confront disease threats, wildfires, and extreme heat, the Brown University Pandemic Center, Montenegrin Institute for Advanced Innovation (MIAI), Air Club and the International WELL Building Institute

Research & Reports

Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air Launches First-of-Its-Kind Framework for Coordinated Action Worldwide
More than 200 Commissioners from over 40 countries, including many of the world’s most distinguished scientists, public health luminaries, technical experts, building practitioners, business leaders and advocates working to advance healthy indoor air, collaborated

Research & Reports

IWBI, Brown Pandemic Center and Air Club Launch New Global Report Showing Indoor Air Quality Policy Has Entered a New Era
The International WELL Building Institute, the Brown University Pandemic Center and Air Club released today Advancing Healthy Indoor Air: Five Leading Policy Models from Around the World, a new report highlighting a rapidly expanding wave of indoor air quality policy innovation.

Health & Healthcare

Making the Invisible Visible: Indoor Air as Inclusion
“Imagine a health crisis that affects virtually everyone in the country, yet remains invisible.”

Events

IWBI President and CEO Rachel Hodgdon to Deliver Keynote on the Future of Healthy Indoor Air at Indoor Air 2026 in Singapore
At the 19th International Conference of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2026, IWBI President and CEO Rachel Hodgdon will deliver a keynote outlining why indoor air quality has reached a critical public health and economic inflection point.

Energy & Infrastructure

Congressional Briefing Reframes Buildings As Critical Infrastructure for America’s Biosecurity Strategy
At a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, May 19, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) and With Honor teamed up to bring together leaders from public health, building science, defense, technology and national security to explore

Events

WATCH: IWBI Participates in Parliament of New South Wales Public Hearing on Indoor Air Quality
Following submission to an inquiry from NSW Parliament, Jack Noonan, Head of Asia Pacific, Senior Vice President, represented the organization by presenting evidence to the NSW Upper House Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health on clean indoor air.

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