Healthy Buildings Research Lab at Portland State Healthy Buildings and Indoor Air Quality The Healthy Buildings Research Laboratory (HRBL) is the research laboratory of Dr. Elliott Gall, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. The HBRL aims to understand the fundamental principles that govern our exposure to air pollution in indoor environments. More about HBRL Research HBRL research and news Low-cost air cleaning Use ACE IT Interview w/ ES:PI Plants and indoor air Wildfires and air quality COVID and indoor air Low-cost air cleaning Build a (very) low cost emergency air cleaner using household items you probably already have Low-cost air cleaning Use ACE IT Air cleaner efficacy investigation tool (ACE IT) helps evaluate air cleaner performance data Interview w/ ES:PI Dr. Gall was interviewed by the editors of the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts regarding the Healthy Building Research Lab's work on quantifying volatile organic compound emissions from building insulation materials Learn more Plants and indoor air The Atlantic featured Healthy Building Research Lab studies on plants and indoor ozone, with commentary by Dr. Gall on the myth of plants as indoor air cleaners Learn more Wildfires and air quality Dr. Gall was interviewed by Erika Moseson on her podcast Air Health Our Health, to discuss how to apply building and air quality research to protect us from wildfire air pollution Learn more COVID and indoor air Dr. Gall discussed air quality and aerosol transmission of SARS-Cov-2 in a presentation to the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce Learn more Previous Next