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www.epa.gov/iaq
A re your buildings a healthy environment for their occupants? Indoor environmental quality (IEQ)—
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component of any green building. A strategy focused on IEQ helps to avoid the health effects, liability, negative
publicity, and costly renovations and repairs that can result from IEQ problems. Improving IEQ involves
designing, constructing, commissioning, operating, and maintaining buildings to remove indoor pollutants and
reduce pollution sources, while ensuring a continual supply and proper circulation of fresh air.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) is tackling the problems associated with building IEQ
through a collection of cutting-edge voluntary programs. EPA's Green Indoor Environments program promotes
the use of integrated, whole building approaches designed to protect occupant health while saving energy and
money. All EPA programs, materials, and resources are provided free of charge, and cover key IEQ issues for
various audiences. For resources and information on all of these topics and programs, call the Indoor Air
Quality (IAQ) Information Clearinghouse at 1-800-438-4318 or visit wvvw.epa.gov/iaq. For more information
about specific resources relating to EPA's Green Indoor Environments Program, please see the reverse side of
this document.
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Free Resources Available at www.cpa.gov/iaq
Schools:
www.epa.gov/iaq/schools
• Z/4Q Tools for Schools: This comprehensive program
equips schools with comprehensive
guidance, training, checklists, and other
resources to establish and maintain
good air quality. The program has
resources for all school personnel
including administrators, facility
managers, health professionals, teachers, maintenance
staff, and other.
• MQDesign Tools for Schools: This
Web-based guidance helps school
districts, architects, and facility
planners design and construct the next
generation of schools with improved IEQ.
Offices and Institutional Buildings:
www.cpa.gov/iaq/largebldgs
• I-BEAM: EPA's Indoor Air Quality
Building Education and Assessment
Model is an interactive computer
software program that provides a
wealth of information to building
professionals on how to improve and
manage IEQ in large buildings, from the parking
garage to the print shop.
• Green Buildings: EPA's upcoming guidance, Indoor
Environmental Quality Guidance for Green, High
Performance and Sustainable Buildings will provide
detailed instructions to architects, engineers, and others
planning green buildings on best practices for good
IEQ.
Homes:
www.epa.gov/iaq/homes
• Indoor Air Quality for New Homes: EPA is
developing a new voluntary program to complement
its existing ENERGY STAR qualified label program to
encourage home builders to integrate features that will
reduce the chance that new homes will develop indoor
air quality problems.
• The Radon Program promotes radon-resistant
construction techniques for new homes and educates
the public on radon testing and installation of available
mitigation technologies in existing homes.
Special Issues:
www.epa.gov/mold
• Mold has emerged as a potentially
serious health threat in all types of
buildings. EPA provides detailed
guidance on how to avoid and
mitigate this threat in such publications as: Mold
Remediation in Schools and Commercial Buildings,
and A Brief Guide to Mold and Moisture in Your
Home.
For resources and information on all of these
topics and programs, call the Indoor Air
Quality (IAQ) Information Clearinghouse at
1-800-438-4318
or visit
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