Effective Residential Drainage System’s for a Healthy Home
Thursday, 02 March 2023
A well-designed drainage system is essential to remove excess water from your house and helps in the prevention of water-related damage to a home or building. The main objective of a drainage system is to collect and remove waste matter to maintain healthy conditions in and around a building. Having a depth of knowledge about
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Mitigating Potential COVID-19 Exposure with HVAC Systems
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
How HVAC Systems Help Reduce Potential COVID-19 Exposure: As the economy begins to reopen and we return to our buildings, what role do building ventilation systems play in reducing our risks of infection? Infection via inhalation or contact with droplets is well understood at this point. Another potential exposure route being discussed is exposure via
- Published in Healthy Building Inspections & Testing, Industrial Hygiene, News
New OSHA Silica Testing Requirement in Effect
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
New OSHA Silica Testing Requirement in Effect OSHA has issued two standards (“rules”) to minimize exposure to respirable crystalline silica. One rule applies to construction trades, and the other to general industry and maritime workplaces. This blog focuses on the new OSHA Silica Testing requirements for the construction industry. September 23, 2017, kicked off enforcement for
- Published in Environmental Testing, Healthy Building Inspections & Testing
Cleaning After Fire
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Cleaning After Fire The October 2017 California Fires in Northern California were devastating. Northern California will be dealing with the death and destruction of recent wildfires for years. The immediate life safety concerns about fire are obvious and frightening, but what many don’t realize is that returning to fire damaged buildings is also hazardous. Cleaning
- Published in Environmental Testing, Healthy Building Inspections & Testing
Environmental Compliance Testing Protects Occupant Health
Monday, 11 September 2017
Environmental Compliance Testing Protects Occupant Health The word “compliance” may set our freedom loving hearts on high alert. Most Americans tend to push back when anyone tries to limit our personal liberties. But when it comes to our environment, compliance testing is necessary and can help expand our freedoms – Freedom from fear of drinking
- Published in Environmental Testing
LEEDv4 IAQ Testing – New Credit Highlights for IEQ
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
LEEDv4 IAQ Testing Requirements Industrial hygienists across the US have been watching the USGBC as they’ve updated the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Testing Credit for Post-Construction. LEEDv4 IAQ Testing requirements have changed since LEEDv2009. Many health and healthy building advocates hoped they would lower the allowable levels of formaldehyde, but due to industry uproar that did
- Published in Environmental Testing, Green Building Consulting
Indoor Environmental Quality, Work Performance, and Health
Wednesday, 02 December 2015
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ),Work Performance, and Health A peer reviewed paper on quantitative relations between indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and work performance or health from the Helsinki University of Technology and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory presents relationships between ventilation rates, temperature, and perceived air quality to short term sick leave, work performance, and sick
- Published in Healthy Building Inspections & Testing
5 Ways Property Managers Limit Risk From Environmental Claims
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
5 Ways Property Managers Limit Risk From Environmental Claims A property manager is often stuck between a rock and a hard place. Environmental claims are common pitfalls that cause even the best property managers to wind up on the wrong side of the bench in a courtroom. Here are several tried and proven ways property managers
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Building Science Terminology
Friday, 12 June 2015
Building Science Terminology This blog shares recommended terminology from the US DOE. We are considering terminology and frequently used words and phrases in this blog, not definitions of building science terms. Building science terminology is sophisticated and can be confusing, but I’m not sure that the DOE’s recent efforts will help the industry. According to
- Published in Green Building Consulting