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• Do people care about indoor air quality?
  I subscribe to Consumer Reports magazine.  In the June 2012 edition, there was a feature article on indoor air quality.  It talks about all the regular stuff: mold, radon, carbon monoxide, VOCs, etc. What I found interesting is that the Consumer Reports National Research Center performed a survey to ascertain the importance of indoor air [...]
• IAQA Tech Tip video on new IESO standard
  If you do any consulting related to fire-damaged buildings, there is a new standard you need to purchase. To determine if a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system has been impacted by a fire, you’ll want to follow the new IESO/RIA standard. Watch the video below for more information. If you’re having any problems [...]
• Exposure limit for fungal spores?
  I was doing some reading today and I came across a paper looking at the dose-response relationship between fungal spores and various health effects. Here is a quote from their conclusions: “In conclusion, the combined evidence from human challenge and epidemiological studies support fairly consistent LOELs [lowest observed effect levels] of approximately [100,000] spores/m3 for [...]
• IAQA Tech Tip Video on Respirators
  Here is a video on respirators I put together for the Indoor Air Quality Association. If you have a hard time viewing the video, here is a direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoEp5KGOoak&hd=1
• More IAQA Tech Tip Videos
  Here are some more IAQA Tech Tip videos. The first is on hiring an IAQ professional and the second in on standards and guidelines. If the videos below don’t show up for you, use these links: Hiring a Professional Guidance documents
• Twitter updates from week ending 2012-03-08
  If you're on Twitter, follow me @IAQnerd. If you're not on Twitter, I provide this weekly digest of all my updates.
• Ideal Temperature
  Here’s another IAQA Tech Tip video on the ideal temperature. For a direct link to the video, use this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=munKVtxqpOs&hd=1
• IAQA Tech Tip Videos
  In my not-so-new role as Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Technical Director, I am developing some educational videos. The videos are posted on YouTube and are freely available to everyone, not just IAQA members. As these videos come out, I will provide a link here on my blog.  Enjoy! If you’re looking for more information [...]
• California Statement on Building Dampness, Mold, and Health
  Do people, especially children, get sick in damp buildings? Is it because of the mold? Or is it the bacteria, insects and rodents attracted to the moisture causing the problems? Or is it a combination of these exposures having a negative synergistic effect? Although the answers to these questions are not well understood, the California [...]
• My Twitter feeds from Indoor Air 2011, Austin TX
  If you're on Twitter, follow me @IAQnerd. If you're not on Twitter, I provide this weekly digest of all my updates.

Are you new to Twitter? All you need to do is visit our page: www.twitter.com/IAQnerd.  You don’t even need to register in order to stay current with us.  Just visit the site each day to read our updates.

We’ll be posting a weekly summary of our Tweets on our blog, www.IndoorAirNerd.com.

The blog is a tool for Indoor Sciences to informally share interesting information related to indoor air quality (IAQ).  Ian will be posting news items, research and commentary a few times each week.

To visit our new blog, visit: www.IndoorAirNerd.com.

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