Indoor air quality.
A more human perspective.
How Dr. Stephanie Taylor’s medical insight informs the ThinkLite Health Index—and a more connected approach to clean air.
Better questions.
A clearer picture of your air.
A building can look clean. However, its air can tell a more complicated story.
For example, people arrive, doors open and cleaning begins. Meanwhile, the heating and cooling system responds. Because indoor conditions change throughout the day, building teams need to understand what those changes mean.
That is why we ask: how can we make indoor air data more useful to the people who depend on it? For this reason, we work with Dr. Stephanie Taylor, our medical advisor, who brings both medical and building-science expertise.
In her HPAC Engineering article on managing indoor environments, Dr. Taylor describes buildings as places where people, air and microbial communities constantly interact. Rather than treating buildings as sterile containers, she focuses on balance: reducing harmful exposures while managing indoor conditions.
What the microbiome changes about the conversation
The microbiome is the community of microorganisms that lives in and on the body. In particular, the NIH Human Microbiome Project has helped researchers study these communities and their roles in human health.
That broader perspective also matters for buildings. In practice, ventilation, filtration, moisture, temperature and cleaning practices all deserve attention because these factors work together. However, priorities differ between a classroom, an office and a high-risk care setting.
Therefore, we look beyond a single reading. First, follow conditions over time. Next, investigate changes. Then bring the right expertise to the next decision.
Medical insight.
Built into a more useful view.
Dr. Stephanie Taylor
Medical advisor, ThinkLite Air
Physician and building-science expert
With this in mind, Dr. Taylor helped shape the ThinkLite Health Index. As a result, building teams can connect indoor air measurements with a health-oriented understanding of the space.
First, the Health Index uses environmental data. It then organizes that information around six health-related areas, giving building teams a more accessible way to discuss the air:
- Brain & Cognitive Performance
- Gut & Metabolic Health
- Respiratory Health
- Immune Function
- Cardiovascular Health
- Reproductive Health
In other words, your team can discuss indoor conditions with a human focus. At the same time, the underlying measurements remain available for closer review.
For example, your facilities team can review when air conditions changed. Next, compare the change with room occupancy or the cleaning schedule. As a result, these steps help operations and leadership decide where to investigate.
From readings
to useful indicators.
Our work with Dr. Taylor also informs the health-focused thinking behind ThinkLite’s broader algorithm development. In addition to the Health Index, calculated indicators help teams explore specific patterns in their air data.
Because each indicator addresses a different question, your team can choose the one that fits its concern. For instance, a ventilation question calls for a different indicator than a moisture concern.
- Vape Index
- Highlights particle patterns that may indicate vaping activity, so your team can identify events that deserve a closer look.
- DCV Index
- DCV means demand-controlled ventilation. Specifically, this index uses carbon dioxide data so your team can review changes in ventilation demand.
- Mold Conditions Index
- Over time, this index highlights persistent indoor conditions favorable to mold growth.
- RESET Air
- Combines fine-particle (PM2.5), total volatile organic compound and carbon dioxide readings to calculate an air-quality score.
- RESET Green (24h)
- In contrast, this indicator shows time in the Green band over the past 24 hours when enough valid data is available.
In short, sensors provide measurements and algorithms add interpretation. Your team then uses both to guide its next step. Speak with us about the indicators available for your Flair configuration.
One connected approach.
From your air to your next step.
However, a useful indicator is only part of the picture. ThinkLite brings monitoring, interpretation and air-cleaning technology together so your team can connect what it sees with what it does.
Start with Flair IAQ.
First, Flair brings indoor air measurements into view. You can then follow particles, carbon dioxide, temperature, humidity and other supported readings as conditions change.
Explore Flair IAQ
Give the readings context.
Next, the Health Index adds a health-oriented perspective. In addition, Airlytics helps your team review air data, compare trends and communicate findings across spaces.
Explore Airlytics
Put an air strategy in place.
For air purification, consider Purilux, which also integrates ceiling lighting. Alternatively, ICON provides a standalone air-purification option. Our team can then help you explore how these fit alongside ventilation, filtration and source-control needs.
Finally, keep learning from the space. After an operational change, review the air measurements again. This way, your team can see what changed and what still needs attention.
A device in your building.
A team behind it.
CLAAS · Clean Air as a Service
Technology matters. However, you also need people who can help you make sense of it. That is why CLAAS brings both together through a leasing-based service model.
With CLAAS, you get access to up-to-date hardware and software, plus an open line to our air engineering team. In addition, your agreed package brings Dr. Taylor’s insights and priority, white-glove support.
To get started, tell us about your spaces and priorities. Then we’ll help you explore a CLAAS package that fits your building.
Talk to us about CLAAS- 01
Technology
In short, hardware and software come together through one service model.
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Engineering
In addition, connect with air engineers to understand your building’s air data.
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Medical insight
You also gain access to Dr. Taylor’s perspective on indoor environments and health.
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Priority support
Above all, have a team behind the technology, with priority, white-glove support.
Before you build your air strategy.
How can we use these insights in our building?
First, identify the spaces and questions that matter most to your team. Then review current conditions, follow trends and use the relevant indicators to decide where to investigate. Along the way, ThinkLite’s air engineers can help you connect the data with those priorities.
What should we discuss when exploring CLAAS?
To begin with, share your building type, the spaces you want to monitor and your air-quality goals. We can then discuss the hardware, software and support in a package suited to your needs.
Where can we read Dr. Taylor’s original perspective?
For more context, read “A Microbial Shift in Managing Indoor Environments.” Her article explores the relationship between buildings, microbial communities and health, providing the research perspective behind this ThinkLite discussion.
Explore the science
- Stephanie Taylor, M.D. — A Microbial Shift in Managing Indoor EnvironmentsHPAC Engineering · July/August 2026 issue
- NIH Human Microbiome ProjectResearch resources on the human microbiome and health
