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Bringing cleaner air to a healthier, greener future.

Indoor Air Quality

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to air quality within and around buildings and structures, especially as it relates to residents, workers, and even pets. Understanding and controlling common pollutants indoors can help reduce the risk of major health concerns.

Homeowners, landlords, and manufacturers know that poor IAQ poses a real threat, while improving IAQ holds numerous benefits, including improved health, comfort, safety and productivity.

50+ years' of experience developing clean-air solutions

Some air cleaners are highly effective at particle removal. However, removing gaseous pollutants can be an even greater challenge.

With over 50 years of experience developing clean-air solutions—including the invention of the catalytic converter—BASF has the know-how needed to provide emission-control catalyst technologies that reduce carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, particulate, ozone, and more—while optimizing performance, minimizing capital, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

BASF demonstrates added value based on a market-driven, sustainable business model that balances both environmental and economic interests—bringing cleaner air to a healthier, greener future.
Air Quality Home

Catalysts are critical in air cleaners to remove formaldehyde from indoor air

Formaldehyde is a common indoor air pollutant found in many homes and buildings. It is a colorless gas, and at elevated levels is highly irritating to the eyes, nose, and lungs. Exposure to formaldehyde may cause adverse health effects. Formaldehyde can be released into the home from many indoor sources, including plywood, particleboard, and other pressed wood products used in home construction and furnishings, and many consumer products. BASF has developed catalysts for use in air cleaners to remove formaldehyde from indoor air. This technology is based on BASF’s many years of experience developing solutions for clean air.

Removing ozone to provide you with fresher, cleaner air

Ground level or "bad" ozone is not emitted directly into the air, but is created by chemical reactions between nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in the presence of sunlight. Emissions from industrial facilities and electric utilities, motor vehicle exhaust, and gasoline vapors, are some of the major sources of NOx and VOC.

According to the U.S. EPA, breathing ozone can trigger a variety of health problems including chest pain, coughing, throat irritation, and airway inflammation. It also can reduce lung function and harm lung tissue. In addition, ozone can worsen bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma. BASF has developed catalysts for use in air handling systems to remove ozone from indoor air. This technology is based on BASF’s many years of experience developing solutions for clean air.
Air purification

Catalysts are used to remove different pollutants to provide you with cleaner air
Indoor Pollutants

In addition to Formaldehyde and Ozone, there are other pollutants such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) that can result in poor indoor air quality. VOC are a large group of chemicals that are found in many products we use to build and maintain our homes. Once these chemicals are in our homes, they are released or “off-gas” into the indoor air. The U.S. EPA reports that breathing in low levels of VOCs for long periods of time may increase some people’s risk of health problems.

Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) is one of a group of highly reactive gases known as oxides of nitrogen or nitrogen oxides (NOx). According to the U.S. EPA, breathing air with a high concentration of NO2 can irritate airways in the human respiratory system.

BASF has developed catalysts for use in air cleaners to remove different pollutants from indoor air. This technology is based on BASF’s many years of experience developing solutions for clean air.


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