AI Mould Testing
02/04/2025
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The JV believes the housing sector has long relied on outdated, expensive, and often ambiguous methods of mould testing with conventional lab-based analysis often costing £600–£1,000 per test.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.
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