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Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) deals with the content of interior air that could affect health and comfort of building occupants. The IAQ may be compromised by microbial contaminants (mold, bacteria), chemicals (such as carbon monoxide, radon), allergens, or any mass or energy stressor that can induce health effects. Often it is perceived that outdoor air is polluted, but indoor air is acceptable. Scientific studies illustrate the falsity of this perception, and, in fact, indoor air is often a greater health hazard than the corresponding outdoor setting.
Techniques for analyzing IAQ include collection of air samples, collection of samples on building surfaces and computer modelling of air flow inside buildings. The resulting samples can be analyzed for mold, bacteria, chemicals or other stressors. These investigations can lead to an understanding of the sources of the contaminants and ultimately to strategies for removing the unwanted elements from the air.
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ACDoctor - Indoor Air Quality in Your Home - About identifying, preventing and correcting IAQ problems in residential settings. Commercial site.
Meta Description: [ Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a
current buzzword in the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
(HVAC) Industry. ]
American Indoor Air Quality Council - A non-profit organization for indoor air quality professionals and technicians. Offers IAQ training and certification.
Meta Description: [ IAQ Certification Body ]
Building Air Quality - Information on a wide range of IAQ topics, including sick building syndrome, mold, fungi, air duct cleaning, ozone generators, and investigation of indoor air. Commercial site.
Meta Description: [ Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) guidance for providing acceptable IAQ in commercial, industrial, and educational buildings. ]
CEC Consultants, Inc. - Indoor Air Quality FAQ - Describes the causes of indoor quality deterioration and how to fix the problem. Commercial site.
Meta Description: [ CEC provides innovative, high quality, and very specialized energy,
utilities, building, and mechanical systems engineering services to major Fortune 100 industrial and
large commercial and institutional clients. We start with a customer's problem that needs to be solved
and not with ... ]
Commercial Building Ventilation and Indoor Environmental Quality - Explains about research that is being performed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Offers explanation of ventilation rates, volatile organic compounds (VOC's), sick building syndrome, and particle filtration. Page includes information about projects, publications, and staff.
Meta Description: [ Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality Research performed by the staff of the Indoor Environment Department
of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. ]
Consumer Information: Reducing Indoor Air Pollution - Brochure covers sources of indoor air pollution and what you can do about each source.
Meta Description: [ Information about the California Air Resources Board
Reducing Indoor Air Pollution - A Serious Public Health Problem ]
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Corsi Laboratory Facilities - Indoor Air Quality Laboratory (IAQL) located at the Campus of the University of Texas. Page includes list of recent research, bibliography of publications, team workers, and facility instruments.
EPA's Indoor Air Quality - Information for homeowner, schools, commercial buildings and environmental professional on indoor air quality. Extensive links to sites.
Meta Description: [ Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can damage their health,
but may not know that indoor air pollution can also have significant effects. Over the past several decades,
our exposure to indoor air pollution is believed to have increased due to a variety of factors, including the... ]
Greenguard Environmental Institute - A scientific, third party board to establish environmental standards for indoor products and building materials. Aims to improve public health and quality of life by encouraging and helping manufacturers to build better, safer products and to uphold environmental practices in product development, manufacturing, and distribution.
Meta Description: [ The Greenguard Environmental Institute governs the GREENGUARD Certification Program and provides the world’s only guide to third-party certified low emitting interior products and building materials. All certified products undergo quarterly indoor air quality performance testing according to st... ]
Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes - Basic information for consumers on indoor air quality in their homes. Sponsored by US EPA and other organizations.
Indoor Air - International journal from Blackwell Publishing covering research on the nonindustrial indoor environment. General information, contents lists and abstracts.
Meta Description: [ Indoor Air: journal information, contents lists and abstracts on the Blackwell Publishing website. ]
Indoor Air Quality - Advice on ways to improve the air quality inside your home or place of business.
Meta Description: [ Indoor Air Quality - Controlling Pollutants Related to Allergies, Asthma, and Sick Building Syndrome ]
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Indoor Air Quality - Tata Energy Research Institute - Information and analysis on indoor air quality in India and other developing countries including indoor air quality in commercial buildings, biomass cooking fuels, and in-vehicle exposure.
Indoor Environment Notebook - An expert answers questions related to indoor air pollution, sick building syndrome, and irritants. Includes a 'question of the week' section.
Meta Description: [ An expert answers questions related to indoor air pollution, sick building syndrome, irritants and more. ]
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International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Non-profit organization whose purpose is to address indoor air quality. Founded in 1992 by 109 international scientists.
Mold Tips - National Association of Homebuilders provides advice on testing, prevention, and control.
Mold, Mildew, Fungus and Other Indoor Quality Problems - Provides links to resources that provide information on maintaining good indoor air quality and eliminating problems associated with mold and mildew.
Ohio Toxic Mold and IAQ Information - Information on toxic mold, asbestos, radon, lead and other indoor air quality issues
Residential Air Cleaning Devices - Types, effectiveness, and health impact. From the American Lung Association.
Residential Air-Cleaning Devices - A Summary of Available Information - EPA's booklet on indoor air cleaning devices for the home.
Meta Description: [ This publication describes the types of air cleaners available to the consumer,
provides available information on their general effectiveness in removing indoor air pollutants, discusses some factors to
consider in deciding whether to use an air-cleaning unit, and describes existing guideli... ]
Residential Indoor Air Quality - Comprehensive guide. Pollutants and their sources are identified along with known health effects, exposure guidelines and pollutant control strategies.
Meta Description: [ R.E.E.D. provides its users with the most current and usable residential energy efficiency and air quality information available ]
Risk Management Internet Services - Indoor Air - Providing paid subscribers with a directory of indoor air quality materials on subjects including sick building syndrome and legionella.
Meta Description: [ Industrial Hygiene, Indoor Air : IAQ guides, checklists, fact sheets, sick building syndrome & more ]
Sick Building Syndrome and You - Personal site discusses symptoms, hazards, remedies, and the site owner's experiences, with links to other resources.
Meta Description: [ Sick Building Syndrome & Toxic Mold - Symptoms, hazards, remedies, links, and a personal account of the disease from United Healthcare Group, Uniprise, MetraHealth, United HealthGroup in Kingston, NY. ]
Smoking and Indoor Air Quality - Health Canada factsheet. Indoor air can become contaminated from many sources, but the most harmful and widespread contaminant of indoor air is tobacco smoke.
Smoking and Ventilation Standards - Do ventilation systems remove secondhand smoke from indoor air, or just the odor? Information from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.
Meta Description: [ Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) works to pass legislation at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and protect youth from tobacco addiction. The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF), ANR's educational arm, promotes smoking prevention and education ab... ]
The Indoor Air Quality Association - Nonprofit organization conducting education and research. Offers professional training, testing, and credentials in air quality and mold remediation fields. Includes organization information and links to related sites.
Meta Description: [ The Indoor Air Quality Association, Inc. (IAQA) is a nonprofit, multi-disciplined organization, dedicated to promoting the exchange of indoor environmental information, through education and research, for the safety and well being of the general public., The Indoor Air Quality Association, Inc. (... ]
The Inside Story - A Guide to Indoor Air Quality - EPA's booklet on IAQ.
Meta Description: [ Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can damage their health,
but may not know that indoor air pollution can also have significant effects. Over the past several decades,
our exposure to indoor air pollution is believed to have increased due to a variety of factors, including the... ]
The Turmoil Over Mold in Buildings - New York Times article provides a discussion of health and legal (US) concerns related to mold and mildew and gives advice to homeowners and building managers. [Requires free registration.]
WHO: Indoor Air Pollution - Background on the public-health impacts of indoor air pollution (particularly smoke from cooking and heating with solid fuels on open fires or traditional stoves) and World Health Organization efforts aimed at control.
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