AI Mould Testing

Farmwood, the ventilation systems service partner and indoor air quality specialists IAQ Services have joined forces in a new joint venture (JV) aimed to change the way housing providers detect and manage mould.

• New joint venture is based on the development of AI backed mould testing

• Each sample is reviewed and verified independently

• Hope is that adoption of the AI testing system can set a new benchmark for the UK housing sector

At the heart of this partnership is an AI-powered mould testing system offering accuracy, speed, and independent verification. The outputs of the system will, the JV believes help to set a new industry benchmark by tackling long-standing issues with traditional mould testing and enabling compliance with new legal frameworks such as Awaab's Law.

A Costly Legacy

The JV believes the housing sector has long relied on outdated, expensive, and often ambiguous methods of mould testing with conventional lab-based analysis often costing £600–£1,000 per test. There is some belief that these tests typically identify only a small portion of harmful moulds, with some studies showing that up to 80% of species go undetected using basic culture techniques.