Air Quality Crisis: Why Our Cities Are Failing to Protect Public Health and Well-Being
Learn how urban design, pollution and short-sighted planning are creating a public health crisis
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Dr. Iyad Al-Attar
Dr. Iyad Al-Attar is a mechanical engineer, air quality consultant, and Visiting Academic Fellow at Cranfield University, specializing in air quality and filtration for land-based gas turbines. He is the first associated air filtration consultant for Eurovent Middle East and serves as Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Patron for EUROVENT, representing the global HVACR industry. Dr. Al-Attar is Global Correspondent for International Filtration News (IFN) and a columnist for IFN, EUROVENT Middle East, Climate Control Middle East, and Caloryfrio (Spain). His work, published in leading journals such as Filtration+Separation and ES Engineering, addresses filter media design, pollutant characterization, and sustainable performance. Recognized for editorial contributions, he advocates for governments to embed air quality in urban planning. Holding degrees from Toronto, Kuwait, and Loughborough, with executive education from MIT and Harvard, his current Oxford research focuses on integrating IAQ into sustainable urban development through advanced filtration and sensing ecosystems.
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