Most recent blog posts

Here are the most recent 10 articles posted on our blog, Indoor Air Nerd.

  • 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.
  • Sampling in the face of variability
    The concentrations of IAQ contaminants almost always fluctuate over time.  Therefore is it best to log data over time, whenever possible.  Technology, and more importantly, budget constraints may prevent us from logging data over time.  That means we must show up on a given day and measure that point in time.  This method gives us [...]
  • Twitter updates from week ending 2011-03-10
    If you're on Twitter, follow me @IAQnerd. If you're not on Twitter, I provide this weekly digest of all my updates.
  • Residential Ventilation Codes
    The trend continues to make buildings more energy efficient, which I support 100%.  All commercial building codes require these high performing buildings to ventilate.  The problem is residential building codes, that rarely require mechanical ventilation.  Mechanical ventilation typically uses the HVAC system or supplemental fan to bring in outdoor air.  This is in contrast to [...]
  • Twitter updates from week ending 2011-02-24
    If you're on Twitter, follow me @IAQnerd. If you're not on Twitter, I provide this weekly digest of all my updates.
  • IAQA Technical Director
    I have some exciting news to share.  I have just been appointed as the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Technical Director.  This is a brand new position that was created by the association’s Board of Directors to coordinate the technical committees and contribute to publications, among other activities.  The most important responsibility of this new [...]
  • Twitter updates from week ending 2011-02-17
    If you're on Twitter, follow me @IAQnerd. If you're not on Twitter, I provide this weekly digest of all my updates.