Building is an important part of people's living. In a certain sense, people are more influenced by indoor, instead of outdoor environment. Actually, IAQ is a kind of demand by people and it is important to create better IAQ to guarantee people's health and enhance work efficiency. Multiple methods available to improve IAQ have restrictions of their own and should be integrated. With economic devel- opment, a higher standard of living quality is demanded by people. Therefore, more importance is attached to living environment and indoor air quality has been high- lighted. In the research, dafinition of indoor air quality was introduced, factors influ- encing indoor air quality were analyzed, varieties of room pollutants were described and effective ways to control and improve air quality were proposed, as well.