Auburn University students, faculty, and staff should have a comfortable space to work, teach, and learn. The University is committed to providing a positive and conductive working environment. Part of this commitment is ensuring that students, faculty, and staff work in environments with healthy air quality.
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) includes the air quality of office buildings, classrooms, labs, and other indoor spaces. This does not include buildings like outdoor work-sites, barns, unfinished construction projects, and other outdoor and industrial areas. Unlike outdoor spaces, indoor areas receive ventilation from windows or HVAC systems.
IAQ complaints normally center around issues with odor, mold, stagnant air, or uncomfortable temperatures. Labs and classrooms have their own unique IAQ issues and normally involve some sort of air contaminate (chemicals, fumes, particulates, etc). Many labs on campus are equipped with exhaust hoods (sometimes called fume hoods) that can control and regulate these contaminates.