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Feb 26
4 min

8 Innovative Ideas for Solving Air Pollution

These days, the climate change statistics can be pretty disheartening. 2020 was tied with 2016 as the hottest year on record, even though...

5 Ways to Improve the Indoor Air Quality of Your Business

Irma Curiel

Feb 19
3 min

5 Ways to Improve the Indoor Air Quality of Your Business

When asked about air pollution, most people think of industrial chimneys pumping toxic clouds into the air, or a grey layer of smog...

How Eliminating Indoor Air Pollution Can Save Your Life in 2021

Kaya Martin

Feb 12
6 min

How Eliminating Indoor Air Pollution Can Save Your Life in 2021

We can’t see it, we can’t smell it, we can’t taste it, but it’s everywhere—and it’s dangerous. Air pollution is the hidden threat that...

Origen Air

Jan 15
2 min

Origen Air 2020 Year in Review

Hi there! Thank you for being with us throughout our journey. We hope your 2020, while a strange year, was memorable and enlightening....

Beauty and Biophilia - the Intersection Between Nature and Design

Origen Air

Nov 25, 2020
5 min

Beauty and Biophilia - the Intersection Between Nature and Design

In the year 2020, humans spend over 90% of our time indoors - and that number is on the rise. The introduction of new technologies and...

The Invisible Threat to Our Mental Health

Origen Air

Oct 30, 2020
4 min

The Invisible Threat to Our Mental Health

It was only in 1994 that the Canadian Government began to introduce laws preventing people from smoking inside restaurants, malls,...

Origen Air

Oct 14, 2020
2 min

Origen Air Works With Alacrity To Bring Clean Air Inside

Origen Air is proud to be working closely with Alacrity Canada to foster a cleaner indoor air environment for all.

Innovative Technology to Monitor Clean Air Delivery Rate Receives Two-Year Mitacs Research Grant

Origen Air

Sep 25, 2020
3 min

Innovative Technology to Monitor Clean Air Delivery Rate Receives Two-Year Mitacs Research Grant

Origen Air is proud to announce a collaborative two-year research project with UVic through funding from Mitacs.

Indoor Air Quality: Stats That Will Leave You Speechless

Origen Air

Sep 4, 2020
3 min

Indoor Air Quality: Stats That Will Leave You Speechless

“Indoor Air Quality” (IAQ) refers to the air quality within and around buildings and structures. These stats will blow you away.

Origen Air

Sep 3, 2020
2 min

Origen Air Partners With BCIT To Bring Air Purification Data To Life

After nearly three months of development and a BCIT partnership, Origen Air’s brand new monitoring app has come to fruition.

5 Benefits Of Cleaner Indoor Air Quality

Origen Air

Jul 28, 2020
2 min

5 Benefits Of Cleaner Indoor Air Quality

Want to know the secret to being healthy? It's improving your indoor air quality.

Origen Air

Jul 10, 2020
2 min

Origen Air’s Susan Blanchet To Join The Social Movement

We are excited to announce that our CEO, Susan Blanchet, will be a participant in Season 2 of The Social Movement!

Air Pollution In 2020: Climate Literature To Make Sense Of It All

Origen Air

Jul 3, 2020
3 min

Air Pollution In 2020: Climate Literature To Make Sense Of It All

Climate change and air pollution can be hard to understand. We've compiled the most useful resources to make it easy to follow.

Origen Air

Jul 3, 2020
1 min

Nature Always Wins

Nature always wins, but she is struggling with the rate of brutal attacks. She has broken a sweat, she is battered and bruised.

Origen Air

Jul 3, 2020
1 min

When Nature Thrives, So Will Humanity

A single plant growing in a forest is a beautiful vision to behold.

Origen Air

Jul 3, 2020
1 min

Every Breath Matters

When children breathe polluted air it irreversibly damages their brain, heart, lungs, skin, and bones.

Origen Air

Jul 3, 2020
1 min

Make The Trash

That plastic water bottle, that sushi tray, that flat screen tv that doesn’t work, they don’t rejoin the productive circle of our ecosystem.

Origen Air

Jul 3, 2020
1 min

Human Aquariums

If you are working in an urban environment, the chances that you have access to a window that opens to the outdoors is highly unlikely.

Origen Air

Jul 3, 2020
5 min

The Origins of Origen Air

This is the story of Origen Air. A story of science, plants and an idea so crazy that it just might work.

Origen Air

Jul 3, 2020
1 min

Plants Pay The Bills

Everything comes from nature at some point. Society exists within the environment, and economy is a by-product of society.

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