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Ensure Healthy Indoor Environments
Websites
The American Indoor Air Quality Council is a non-profit
association for indoor air quality (IAQ) professionals and technicians.
The Council promotes awareness, education, and certification in the field
of IAQ through sharing, learning, and networking. Their mission is to
act as a source for the collection and dissemination of indoor air quality
information to members.
http://www.iaqcouncil.org (September
20, 2001).
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) is an international organization of 50,000
persons with chapters throughout the world. The Society is organized to
advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning
and refrigeration through research, standards writing, continuing education
and publications. ASHRAE writes standards that set uniform methods of
testing and rating equipment and establish accepted practices for the
heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) industry
worldwide, including indoor air quality.
http://www.ashrae.org (September 20,
2001).
Global Green USA has a Greening Affordable Housing Initiative
(GAHI) to promote the design, construction, and maintenance of affordable,
resource-efficient housing.
http://www.globalgreen.org (September
20, 2001).
The Green Building Discussion Group is an electronic mailing
list dedicated to green building, including a variety of indoor environment
issues. Oikos, Environmental Building News, and Center for Renewable Energy
and Sustainable Technology (CREST) co-sponsor the list.
http://oikos.com/resources/maillist.html
(September 20, 2001).
The Health House® project is a national education program
that the American Lung Association of Minnesota created to raise the standards
for better indoor environments.
http://www.healthhouse.org (September
20, 2001).
The Healthy House Institute is an independent resource
center that John and Lynn Bower established in 1992. The Institute offers
books and videos containing practical information for designers, architects,
contractors, and homeowners interested in making houses healthy places
in which to live.
http://www.hhinst.com (September 20,
2001).
Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes is a collaborative
interagency effort developed to provide basic knowledge and understanding
of residential indoor air quality (IAQ) issues for the general public.
The goal is to protect public health by reducing risks associated with
indoor air contamination.
http://www.montana.edu/wwwcxair/default.htm
(September 20, 2001).
The Indoor Air Quality List is an international moderated
forum founded to discuss issues regarding Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), specifically
the identification and mitigation of contaminants. IAQ List subscribers
consist of professionals in IAQ consulting; environmental health; toxicology;
science and research; heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC)
engineering; industrial hygiene; risk management; recovery and restoration;
insurance; medicine and law.
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe.cgi/iaq
(September 20, 2001).
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), Indoor Environment
Program maintains a broad program of research, technology development
and dissemination activities directed toward improving the health, comfort
and energy efficiency of the indoor environment. Their work focuses on
reducing the energy used for thermally conditioning and distributing ventilation
air in buildings; improving indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal comfort
and the health and productivity of building occupants; and understanding
human exposures to environmental pollutants found in indoor and outdoor
air. http://eande.lbl.gov/IEP/IEP.html
(September 20, 2001).
Oikos Green Building Source is a World Wide Web site devoted
to serving professionals whose work promotes sustainable design and construction.
Among its online resources is the Resources for Environmental Design Index
(REDI), a database for green building products, searchable by category,
location and/or environmental benefit.
http://data.oikos.com/products
(September 20, 2001).
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Indoor Air Quality,
Indoor Environments Division (IED) coordinates research and develops and
implements policies regarding the impact of indoor air pollutants on the
general public. The web site includes information on residential buildings.
http://www.epa.gov/iaq (September
20, 2001).
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Periodicals
Environmental Building News. Alex Wilson and Nadav Malin eds.
Brattleboro, VT. This bi-monthly newsletter focuses on environmentally
sustainable design and construction.
Indoor Air Quality Update. Carl Vogt, ed., Cutter Information
Corp. Arlington, MA. This monthly newsletter centers on reducing indoor
environmental problems and includes case studies, tools and techniques,
IEQ strategies, products and services.
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Publications
Baker, Paula; Elliot, Erica; and Banta, John. 1998. Prescriptions
for a healthy house: a practical guide for architects, builders and homeowners.
Baker-Laporte & Associates, Inc.
Bower, John. 2001. The healthy house. Bloomington, IN: The Healthy
House Institute.
Bower, John. 2000. Healthy house building for the new millennium.
Bloomington, IN: The Healthy House Institute.
Bower, John. 1994. Improved indoor air quality in an energy efficient
demonstration house. Paper read at Energy Efficient Building Association
Excellence in Housing Conference, February 1994, in Dallas Texas. Available
online at the Uniform Resource Locator (URL):
http://www.hhinst.com/ArtEEBAdemo.html (September 20, 2001).
Bower, Lynn Marie. 2000. Creating a healthy household. Bloomington,
IN: The Healthy House Institute.
Bruce M. Small and Associates Limited. 1983. Indoor air pollution
and housing technology. Ottawa, Ontario: The Canadian Housing Information
Center, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Cat No. NH 17-23/1983E.
Dadd, Debra Lynn. 1984. Nontoxic & natural. Los Angeles, CA:
Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.
Dupont, Peter and Morrill, John. 1989. Residential indoor air quality
and energy efficiency. Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy
Efficient Economy.
Gammage, Richard B. and Berven, Barry A., eds. 1996. Indoor air and
human health. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, Inc.
Godish, Thad. 2000. Indoor environmental quality. Boca Raton,
FL: CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, Inc.
Good, Clint, and Dadd, Debra Lynn. 1988. Healthful houses. Bethesda,
MD: Guaranty Press.
Karlenzig, Warren. Summer 1999. A blueprint for greening affordable
housing. Santa Monica, CA: Global Green USA.
Levin, Hal. March 1991. Indoor air quality for architects. Progressive
Architecture 52-57.
Pearson, David. 1998. The new natural house book. New York, NY:
Fireside/Simon and Schuster.
Rousseau, David, and Wasley, James. 1999. Healthy by design revised.
Point Roberts, WA: Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Rousseau, David; M.D., W. J.; and Enwright , Jean. 1988. Your home,
your health, and well-being. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.
Salares, V.; Allen, G.; and Drerup, O. 1990. Design, construction and
ventilation of a low-pollution home. Indoor Air 3: 245-250.
Schomer, Victoria. 1991. Interior concerns resource guide. Mill
Valley, CA: Interior Concerns Publications.
U.S. Department of Energy. May 1989. Residential indoor air pollution.
Washington, D. C.: (FS 185) DOE/CE-0265.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Radiation and Indoor
Air. April 1995. The inside story: a guide to indoor air quality.
Washington, D.C.: (6604J) EPA Document #402-K-93-007.
Venolia, Carol. 1993. Healing environments. Berkeley, CA: Celestial
Arts.
Wilson, Alex. January 2000. Building materials: what makes a product
green? Environmental Building News. 9,1: 10-14.
Zamm, Alfred V., M.D. and Gannon, Robert. 1980. Why your house may
endanger your health. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
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