Is My Building Sick?

More Information About Indoor Air Quality

General Information

Aerias: Air Quality Sciences, Indoor Air Quality Resource Center

• "Building-related illnesses" at http://www.aerias.org/DesktopModules/ArticleDetail.aspx?articleId=16

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• "Indoor Air Quality" Web page at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
  • "Indoor Air Facts No. 4: Sick Building Syndrome" at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/sbs.html
    
    
• "Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers" at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/largebldgs/baqtoc.html
  
  
• "Indoor Air Quality Building Education and Assessment Model (I-BEAM)" at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/largebldgs/i-beam/
  • "Diagnosing and solving problems" I-BEAM text module at http://www.epa.gov/iaq/largebldgs/ibeam/text/diagnosing.html

U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• "Indoor Air Quality Investigation," section III, chapter 2, in OSHA Technical Manual at http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iii/otm_iii_2.html

Mold

MTDC Facilities Toolbox

• "Hazardous Substances in Buildings: Mold" at http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/toolbox/haz/haz04.htm

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

• "Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments" at http://home2.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/epi/moldrpt1.shtml

U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• "A Brief Guide to Mold in the Workplace" at http://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/shib101003.html

Hazardous Materials in Buildings

MTDC Facilities Toolbox

• "Hazardous Substances in Buildings" at http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/toolbox/haz/

Exposure Limits

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

• 2008 threshold limit values (TLVs) and biological exposure indices (BEIs) at http://www.acgih.org/store/ProductDetail.cfm?id=1975

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• National ambient air quality standards at http://www.epa.gov/air/criteria.html

Health Canada

• Exposure guidelines for residential indoor air quality at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/air/exposure-exposition/index-eng.php

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

• "NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards" at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/

U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Table Z–1: Limits for Air Contaminants—1910.1000 at http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9992

World Health Organization

• Air quality guidelines: global update 2005 at http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair_aqg/en/

Ventilation Standards

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

• Standard 62.1 "Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality" at http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=ANSI%2fASHRAE+62.1-2007
  
  
• Standard 62.2 "Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings" at http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=ANSI%2fA SHRAE+62.2-2007

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