A P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E I N D O O R A I R Q U A L I T Y A S S O C I A T I O N
P R O V I D I N G C U R R E N T I N F O R M A T I O N O N I A Q A A N D T H E I A Q I N D U S T R Y
Hundreds of IAQ practitioners, including many address on the opening day of Indoor Air 2011. He is the vast continuum of qualifications held by members of IAQA, convened with an even larger group the first practitioner to deliver a keynote speech at an practitioners who perform IEQ consulting services.
of IAQ researchers last month at Indoor Air 2011, held Indoor Air event. Lstiburek's presentation focused on
June 5-10, in Austin, Texas. IAQA was a major sponsor low-cost, essential steps to ensure occupant safety of the event.
Indoor Air is the triennial conference of the
International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
(ISIAQ). June's event was organized by the University of Texas at Austin. Indoor Air 2011 was the second before weatherizing a home. He explained how tightening a home might lead to negative pressurization, which can result in the backdrafting of combustion appliances. He recommended sealed combustion and power-vent appliances to help prevent these problems. Furthermore, he suggested
Ian Cull, P.E., CIEC, IAQA's Technical Director, moderated a session titled, “Practitioner Questions for
Researchers.” The standing room only audience asked questions of Charlie Weschler, Carl-Gustaf Bornehag and Louise Fletcher regarding indoor chemistry, semivolatile organic compounds, and hydroxyl radicals.
Kevin Kennedy, CIEC, Managing Director of the Center largest scientific and professional indoor air conference ever held with over 1,000 participants, 800 papers, and over 160 hours of technical presentations and workshops.
The Indoor Air conference provides a forum for experts from around the world to share their research that money is best spent in solving weatherization problems rather than testing those problems with blower doors. That provocative premise was hotly debated in subsequent conference sessions regarding
IAQ testing and/or weatherization.
for Environmental Health at Children's Mercy
Hospital, Kansas City, and IAQA President Carl Grimes,
CIEC, led a forum at Indoor Air 2011 with two physicians titled, "Meeting IAQ Requirements
Through Physician Informed Indoor Environmental
Assessments." The physicians were Jay Portnoy, MD, findings. IAQA enthusiastically sponsored the event because it provided a unique forum for researchers
Members of IAQA were well represented among the practitioners speaking at the conference. One panel
Allergy Chief, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City and Jim Sublett, MD, Family Allergy & Asthma, and practitioners to exchange ideas face-to-face. A significant portion of the program was aimed at discussion, “The Professional Practice of IEQ
Consulting: What Does It Mean?,” featured Andrew C.
Louisville. The panel discussed their increasing identification and diagnosis of building associated translating research results for practitioners, as well as helping researchers identify emerging needs.
Ask, P.E.; Wane A. Baker, P.E., CIH; Glenn Fellman; Steve
M. Hays, PE, CIH, FACEC; Elliott Horner, PhD, LEED AP,
FAAAAI; and, Donald Weekes. Ask is IAQA's Immediate illnesses confirmed by indoor assessments but said treatment of patients is hindered because the
For the first time in the Indoor Air series of conferences, there was a practitioners' program in
Past President. Baker is a former IAQA Director,
Fellman is the current IAQA Executive Director, and necessary alterations to the building often don't occur.
The panelists laid out the premise that the challenge for all parties is to develop appropriate responses
Austin, enabling researchers and practitioners to interact, discuss and plan future research in the field.
Horner and Weekes are current IAQA Directors. Their forum explored the education, experience and qualifications needed in a professional IEQ consultant. when a building functioning as designed is making occupants ill.
IAQA's First Vice President, Donald M. Weekes, CIH,
CSP, served as conference Technical Co-Chair for
Practice.
While all of the panelists agreed that a high level of education and experience is necessary, there was
Kennedy and Grimes were also featured on a workshop led by Peter Ashley of HUD exploring
Dr. Joe Lstiburek, a frequent speaker at IAQA conventions and chapter workshops, gave the keynote equal unanimity on the shortage of professionals meeting those prerequisites. For IAQ researchers in attendance, the session provided an eye-opener into
"Residential Health and Safety Assessment (RHSA)."
Participants also included Gary Adamkiewicz of
Harvard School of Public Health, David Ormandy of
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Travis West (left), IAQA Houston Chapter Director, and Basil Ansari
(center), IAQA Toronto Chapter Director, enjoy hallway talk with a fellow
Indoor Air 2011 attendee.
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Larry D. Robertson, M.S., B.S., CIEC, CMRS, CIAQP, of Robertson
Environmental Consulting Group, LLC, was among many IAQA members who submitted papers and were invited to speak at Indoor Air
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Warwick College, the UK; Brett Singer of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and Malcum Cunningham from New Zealand Center for Sustainable Cities. Key topics included international perspectives on policy and program initiatives; types and availability of residential assessment instruments; the intersection of
Residential Health and Safety Assessments (RSHA) with weatherization/energy retrofit; and, fostering a preliminary consensus on central issues such as environmental sampling.
Larry Robertson, M.S., B.S., CIEC, CMRS, a recently elected IAQA Director, spoke on newly published research on the analytical precision of spore trap data and called for immediate changes in how laboratories and consultants represent spore trap data to the public. Specifically, the research revealed a significant lack of precision amongst AIHA Accredited laboratories and the need to exercise great caution when interpreting data that lacks a consistent measure of precision. Robertson cited numerous variables that affect the identification of fungi by viewing spores alone and the need for precision measurements to accompany future spore trap data.
As a result of IAQA's sponsorship of Indoor Air 2011, the association enjoyed a prominent booth location – booth #1 – in the Indoor Air 2011 exposition hall. There
IAQA and about 20 other companies and organizations had the opportunity to tout their programs, benefits, products and services to attendees. “It was great exposure for IAQA,” said Carl Grimes, IAQA President. “People from around the world who knew little about IAQA now recognize the importance of the association in U.S. and international IAQ forums,” he added.
Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., ASHRAE Fellow, of Building Science Corporation, gave the keynote address on the opening morning of Indoor Air 2011.
IAQA
The Indoor Environmental Standards Organization (IESO) Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Mrs. Patricia L. Harman to the office of IESO
Secretariat. Her appointment was approved by the IESO Board at its meeting held
June 3, 2011, in Austin, Texas, and takes effect immediately.
Harman comes to IESO with a broad range of pertinent professional experience and education. She is ideally suited to serve as IESO Secretariat, working closely with the IESO Consensus Body and IESO subcommittees to facilitate work-flow and ensure compliance with IESO Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ANSI
Essential Requirements. She has almost 30 years of experience in the non-profit and trade association arenas, working at the local and national levels for several organizations.
On behalf of the Restoration Industry Association (RIA), Harman worked directly as staff liaison to the subcommittee that developed what is expected to be IESO's first ANSI-approved standard: IESO - RIA 6001: Evaluation of HVAC Interior
Surfaces to Determine the Presence of Fire-Related Particulate as a Result of a Fire in a Structure.
Harman is a Senior Account Executive with Association & Communications
Management Group (ACMG), the company that provides association management services to IESO and its parent company, the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA).
Harman may be contacted by email at pharman@indoorstandards.org or by telephone at (800) 406-0256, ext. 28.
The Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Board of Director held its annual election of officers for the 2011-2012 term at their meeting in Austin, Texas, on June
3, 2011. Three directors elected from a slate issued by the Nominating Committee and one director appointed to fill a board vacancy were also installed in Austin.
Carl Grimes, CIEC, of Healthy Habitats, LLC, in Denver, CO, was elected IAQA
President. Donald M. Weekes, CIH, of INAIR Environmental, Ltd., Ontario, Canada, was elected IAQA First Vice President. Elected to the two IAQA Vice President offices were Derrick Denis, CIEC, CIAQP, of Clark Seif Clark, Inc., Tempe, AZ, and
Kent Rawhouser, WLS, CMP, CMRS, of A&J Specialty Services, Inc., DeForest, WI.
Daniel Greenblatt, ASCS, CMR, CMH, of Envirotech Clean Air, Inc., Stoneham, MA, was elected IAQA Treasurer.
Two new IAQA Directors came on the board in Austin. Larry D. Robertson, M.S., B.S.,
CIEC, CMRS, CIAQP, of Robertson Environmental Consulting Group, LLC, Jewett, TX, was elected to a three-year term by a slate submitted by the IAQA Nominating
Committee. Denis and Rawhouser were re-elected to three-year terms via the
Nominating Committee slate as well. Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP, of Wonder Makers
Environmental, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI, was appointed by the board to fill a one-year vacancy in a director position that resulted from a resignation earlier this year.
Other members of the IAQA Board of Directors include Donald Herrmann, CIEC, of
DC Herrmann & Associates, Tampa, FL; Elliott Horner, Ph.D., of Air Quality Sciences,
Inc., Marietta, GA; Wei Tang, Ph.D., of QLab, Cherry Hill, NJ; and, IAQA's Immediate
Past President, Andrew C. Äsk, P.E., of Cape Coral, FL.
About IESO
The Indoor Environmental Standards Organization (IESO) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the creation of indoor environmental standards. IESO is an ANSI-accredited Standards Development
Organization. IESO is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the non-profit Indoor
Air Quality Association (IAQA).
For a complete listing of IAQA board members and their contact information, visit www.iaqa.org/officers-directors
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IAQA was pleased to welcome these new members between May 25, 2011 to
June 24, 2011
. For more information about these new and all member companies, go to the
Find an IAQA Professional link at www.iaqa.org.
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
Andrew Castillo
Tampa, FL
Andrew S. Gillespie
Los Angeles, CA
Frank Krzanowski
Wilmington, DE
Michelle Ramos
Kailua, HI
Vincent Scarfo
Phoenix, AZ
Dr. Sherryl A. Schultz
Alexandria, VA
Steve Scotter
Kent, ME, United Kingdom
William Warne
Round Rock, TX
CORPORATE MEMBERS
Budget Maintenance, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
Dial One Professional Duct Cleaning
Whitby, ON, Canada
Gemanalysis, Ltd.
Nicosia, Cyprus
Lead Me Out Environmental Services, Inc.
New York, NY
Mould Matters, Inc.
Markham, ON, Canada
Naydich Park
Yekaterinburg, Russia
PuroClean Mitigation & Restoration
Services
Teaneck, NJ
Restore Force, Inc.
Jupiter, FL
Technology Done Right, LLC
Littleton, CO
Total Environmental Services of
Oklahoma, LLC
Oklahoma City, OK
IAQA has issued a Call for Papers for its 15th Annual Meeting, to be held March
5-7, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Once again, IAQA will combine exposition halls with the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) for the largest Indoor
Air Expo ever held. The ACCA 44th Annual Meeting will take place simultaneous to that of IAQA, and those in attendance will have opportunities to participate in both conventions. IAQA and ACCA members will come together each day for networking, meals and social events at the Indoor Air Expo.
Abstract submittals are due by July 31, 2011 . Persons interested in giving technical presentations must submit an abstract no more than 400 words in length that gives the title of the presentation and a brief description of its contents. Submittals must also include the speaker’s biography and must distinguish whether the presentation could be 45 or 60 minutes in length.
Final selections will be made by IAQA by August 30 and authors will be notified by September 30. Please note that those selected will be required to submit complete technical papers and Power Point presentations to IAQA by
December 15, 2011. Send your submittal to klee@iaqa.org or by fax to
301 ‐ 231 ‐ 8321.
Abstract Submittals:
Kristy Lee, klee@iaqa.org
, 301-231-8388, ext. 19
Exhibit Booth Sales and Sponsorships:
Diane Chester, dchester@iaqa.org
, 301-231-8388, ext. 16
Venue, Registration and Lodging:
Ben Auman, bauman@iaqa.org
; 301-231-8388, ext. 20
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Warwick College, the UK; Brett Singer of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; and Malcum Cunningham from New Zealand Center for Sustainable Cities. Key topics included international perspectives on policy and program initiatives; types and availability of residential assessment instruments; the intersection of
Residential Health and Safety Assessments (RSHA) with weatherization/energy retrofit; and, fostering a preliminary consensus on central issues such as environmental sampling.
Larry Robertson, M.S., B.S., CIEC, CMRS, a recently elected IAQA Director, spoke on newly published research on the analytical precision of spore trap data and called for immediate changes in how laboratories and consultants represent spore trap data to the public. Specifically, the research revealed a significant lack of precision amongst AIHA Accredited laboratories and the need to exercise great caution when interpreting data that lacks a consistent measure of precision. Robertson cited numerous variables that affect the identification of fungi by viewing spores alone and the need for precision measurements to accompany future spore trap data.
As a result of IAQA's sponsorship of Indoor Air 2011, the association enjoyed a prominent booth location – booth #1 – in the Indoor Air 2011 exposition hall. There
IAQA and about 20 other companies and organizations had the opportunity to tout their programs, benefits, products and services to attendees. “It was great exposure for IAQA,” said Carl Grimes, IAQA President. “People from around the world who knew little about IAQA now recognize the importance of the association in U.S. and international IAQ forums,” he added.
Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., ASHRAE Fellow, of Building Science Corporation, gave the keynote address on the opening morning of Indoor Air 2011.
IAQA
The Indoor Environmental Standards Organization (IESO) Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Mrs. Patricia L. Harman to the office of IESO
Secretariat. Her appointment was approved by the IESO Board at its meeting held
June 3, 2011, in Austin, Texas, and takes effect immediately.
Harman comes to IESO with a broad range of pertinent professional experience and education. She is ideally suited to serve as IESO Secretariat, working closely with the IESO Consensus Body and IESO subcommittees to facilitate work-flow and ensure compliance with IESO Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ANSI
Essential Requirements. She has almost 30 years of experience in the non-profit and trade association arenas, working at the local and national levels for several organizations.
On behalf of the Restoration Industry Association (RIA), Harman worked directly as staff liaison to the subcommittee that developed what is expected to be IESO's first ANSI-approved standard: IESO - RIA 6001: Evaluation of HVAC Interior
Surfaces to Determine the Presence of Fire-Related Particulate as a Result of a Fire in a Structure.
Harman is a Senior Account Executive with Association & Communications
Management Group (ACMG), the company that provides association management services to IESO and its parent company, the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA).
Harman may be contacted by email at pharman@indoorstandards.org or by telephone at (800) 406-0256, ext. 28.
The Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Board of Director held its annual election of officers for the 2011-2012 term at their meeting in Austin, Texas, on June
3, 2011. Three directors elected from a slate issued by the Nominating Committee and one director appointed to fill a board vacancy were also installed in Austin.
Carl Grimes, CIEC, of Healthy Habitats, LLC, in Denver, CO, was elected IAQA
President. Donald M. Weekes, CIH, of INAIR Environmental, Ltd., Ontario, Canada, was elected IAQA First Vice President. Elected to the two IAQA Vice President offices were Derrick Denis, CIEC, CIAQP, of Clark Seif Clark, Inc., Tempe, AZ, and
Kent Rawhouser, WLS, CMP, CMRS, of A&J Specialty Services, Inc., DeForest, WI.
Daniel Greenblatt, ASCS, CMR, CMH, of Envirotech Clean Air, Inc., Stoneham, MA, was elected IAQA Treasurer.
Two new IAQA Directors came on the board in Austin. Larry D. Robertson, M.S., B.S.,
CIEC, CMRS, CIAQP, of Robertson Environmental Consulting Group, LLC, Jewett, TX, was elected to a three-year term by a slate submitted by the IAQA Nominating
Committee. Denis and Rawhouser were re-elected to three-year terms via the
Nominating Committee slate as well. Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP, of Wonder Makers
Environmental, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI, was appointed by the board to fill a one-year vacancy in a director position that resulted from a resignation earlier this year.
Other members of the IAQA Board of Directors include Donald Herrmann, CIEC, of
DC Herrmann & Associates, Tampa, FL; Elliott Horner, Ph.D., of Air Quality Sciences,
Inc., Marietta, GA; Wei Tang, Ph.D., of QLab, Cherry Hill, NJ; and, IAQA's Immediate
Past President, Andrew C. Äsk, P.E., of Cape Coral, FL.
About IESO
The Indoor Environmental Standards Organization (IESO) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the creation of indoor environmental standards. IESO is an ANSI-accredited Standards Development
Organization. IESO is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the non-profit Indoor
Air Quality Association (IAQA).
For a complete listing of IAQA board members and their contact information, visit www.iaqa.org/officers-directors
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IAQA was pleased to welcome these new members between May 25, 2011 to
June 24, 2011
. For more information about these new and all member companies, go to the
Find an IAQA Professional link at www.iaqa.org.
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
Andrew Castillo
Tampa, FL
Andrew S. Gillespie
Los Angeles, CA
Frank Krzanowski
Wilmington, DE
Michelle Ramos
Kailua, HI
Vincent Scarfo
Phoenix, AZ
Dr. Sherryl A. Schultz
Alexandria, VA
Steve Scotter
Kent, ME, United Kingdom
William Warne
Round Rock, TX
CORPORATE MEMBERS
Budget Maintenance, Inc.
Downingtown, PA
Dial One Professional Duct Cleaning
Whitby, ON, Canada
Gemanalysis, Ltd.
Nicosia, Cyprus
Lead Me Out Environmental Services, Inc.
New York, NY
Mould Matters, Inc.
Markham, ON, Canada
Naydich Park
Yekaterinburg, Russia
PuroClean Mitigation & Restoration
Services
Teaneck, NJ
Restore Force, Inc.
Jupiter, FL
Technology Done Right, LLC
Littleton, CO
Total Environmental Services of
Oklahoma, LLC
Oklahoma City, OK
IAQA has issued a Call for Papers for its 15th Annual Meeting, to be held March
5-7, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Once again, IAQA will combine exposition halls with the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) for the largest Indoor
Air Expo ever held. The ACCA 44th Annual Meeting will take place simultaneous to that of IAQA, and those in attendance will have opportunities to participate in both conventions. IAQA and ACCA members will come together each day for networking, meals and social events at the Indoor Air Expo.
Abstract submittals are due by July 31, 2011 . Persons interested in giving technical presentations must submit an abstract no more than 400 words in length that gives the title of the presentation and a brief description of its contents. Submittals must also include the speaker’s biography and must distinguish whether the presentation could be 45 or 60 minutes in length.
Final selections will be made by IAQA by August 30 and authors will be notified by September 30. Please note that those selected will be required to submit complete technical papers and Power Point presentations to IAQA by
December 15, 2011. Send your submittal to klee@iaqa.org or by fax to
301 ‐ 231 ‐ 8321.
Abstract Submittals:
Kristy Lee, klee@iaqa.org
, 301-231-8388, ext. 19
Exhibit Booth Sales and Sponsorships:
Diane Chester, dchester@iaqa.org
, 301-231-8388, ext. 16
Venue, Registration and Lodging:
Ben Auman, bauman@iaqa.org
; 301-231-8388, ext. 20
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ARIZONA
Phoenix, August 9: Three Things Every Good
Remediation/Restoration Firm Should Know - Fall Protection, Poly
101, Tape 101. November 8: TBA. Contact Derrick Denis at derrickdenis@csceng.com or call Stephanie at 480-460-8334.
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CALIFORNIA th Irvine, July 9: HVAC Systems. September 10: TBA. November 5: 6
Annual IAQA Irvine Symposium - Building Science, Data
Interpretation. Contact Rob Clottu at irvineiaqa@yahoo.com.
Los Angeles, July 29: Overview of Respiratory Protection Training.
Evaluating Wildfire Smoke and Soot. Meet Your Government
Agency Representatives. Contact Stephen Roquemore at steve@affordableinspections.biz.
PRESIDENT
Carl Grimes, CIEC
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
Donald M. Weekes, CIH, CSP
VICE PRESIDENT
Derrick Denis, CIEC, CIAQP
VICE PRESIDENT
Kent Rawhouser, WLS, CMP, CMRS
TREASURER
Daniel Greenblatt, ASCS, CMH, CMR COLORADO
Denver, July 15: Asbestos, Bedbugs, and Heavy Breathing.
Respirator Program Basics and Free Respirator Fit Testing. Asbestos
Permitting 101 - Do's and Don'ts. The Bedbugs are Coming! Too
Late, They're Already Here! Contact Bill Mele at bmele@msn.com.
SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Glenn Fellman
DIRECTORS
Donald Herrmann, CIEC, LEED®AP
Elliott Horner, Ph.D., LEED®AP GEORGIA
Atlanta, August 5: Bacterial Investigation for the IAQ Professional -
Black Water Bacteria, Coliforms and Legionella in Commercial and
Residential Properties. The EPA sayS "Get it out, all out BUT don't kill it... Remove it." November 4: TBA. Contact Wendy Miller at wendy@healthyairquality.com or 706-278-3202.
Michael A. Pinto, CSP, CMP
Larry D. Robertson, M.S., B.S., CIEC, CMRS, CIAQP
Wei Tang, Ph.D.
IDAHO
Boise, August 19: TBA. November 18: TBA. Contact Brad Harr at admin@summitenviroinc.com.
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Andrew C. Ask, P.E.
LOUISIANA
New Orleans, July 14 (in Baton Rouge): Mold and Moisture Survey.
Controlling Moisture in Buildings. August 17: Legally Defensible
Mold Sampling. Water Damage Effects on IAQ. Differences in
Antimicrobials. Contact Jessica Hebert at gulfcoastenviro@aol.com.
12339 Carroll Avenue
Rockville, MD 20852
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CANADA
Toronto, July 15: IAQA Detailed Insight. Understanding HVAC &
IAQ. Construction Defects & Evaporation. Ultra-fine Particles &
Removal. Contact Basil Ansari at iaqa.toronto@gmail.com.
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DIANE CHESTER
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Electronic communications
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Production of IAQA Digest, tracking legislation of IAQA national headquarters
KRISTY LEE
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Technical programs and coordination of annual meeting speakers
FARZANA SHAKIR
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Membership services, committee oversight
TIM SHAW
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Nonprofit and governance issues, marketing
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