Title: Preventing Indoor Environmental Quality Problems
Course: WGF 106 DEVELOPMENT > Section: Content

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In Unit 4 we will examine Preventing Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Problems. Every building/facility has unique (and often proprietary) IEQ systems. When combined with those corresponding operation and maintenance requirements, IEQ becomes explicably interactive. And therein… The energy potential savings abound (or are missed).

In this unit we introduce:

- Good Practices To Acquire
- Bad Practices To Avoid
- The Essentials Elements of IEQ Programming
- Networking (with fellow professionals)

Previously in Unit 3 – Fundamentals of Indoor Environmental Quality, we specifically examined the five fundamentals of IEQ:

- indoor air quality
- lighting
- visual quality
- acoustics
- thermal comfort

High performing buildings are more efficient, with less rejected energy and other direct and indirect forms of basic energy waste. Such savings cannot be at the expense of human comfort, safety, etc. Resulting efficiencies and savings must be real and tangible, and sub sequentially mean lower operating cost and appropriate maintenance.
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Enhance Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) – Whole Building Design Guide                          http://www.wbdg.org/design/ieq.php

Indoor Environmental Quality – Centers for Disease Control & Prevention                   http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/indoorenv/

Indoor Air Quality (Scientific Findings Resource Bank) – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab http://www.iaqscience.lbl.gov/sfrb.html

Glossary – National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/az/a.html
Attributions | Image courtesy of  U.S. Environmental Protection Administration Content by David Bowman