Indoor Air Quality (iaq) Radio

Dr. Charlene Bayer is the Chairman and Chief Science Officer at Hygieia Sciences, founded to commercialize her technology for detecting human diseases from breath and her indoor air quality research. She is a Senior Research Fellow for Materials and Healthy Buildings at USGBC, a member of the USGBC EQ TAG and IAQP pilot credit workgroup, as well as the past Vice Chair of the USGBC Research Committee. Additionally she is a Principal Research Scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. Over the last 30+ years, her research has spanned the gamut of the indoor environment. Her group was one of the early leaders in sick building and product emissions research. She has spent much of her career developing methodologies to detect indoor air contaminants at increasingly low levels of detection. One of her long-term research areas is investigating the relationship between asthma and airborne exposures and developing real-time, wearable exposure monitoring systems for children. She is currently researching breath

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Howard Wolf and Mili Washington for a discussion about the two most popular Institute for Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) Standards the S500 and S520. We learned during our recent interview with Mili that both the ANSI/IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration and the IICRC S520 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mold Remediation are coming out for another round of public review. This week we LEARN MORE from the IICRC Standards Chair Mr. Howard Wolf and Mili Washington about why another round is necessary, what changes we can anticipate and more. Howard Wolf has been involved with the cleaning and restoration industries since 1984. He has extensive disaster and large project experience, with particular expertise in institutional, industrial and hospitality facilities. In 2001, Mr. Wolf started HW3 Group, LLC, a firm committed to serving the restoration industry in the areas of investigation, resea

This week on IAQ Radio we take an in depth look at the new IICRC Journal of Cleaning, Restoration and Inspection and discuss the cover article "The Role of Vapor Pressure and Enthalpy in Wood Drying" with the author Mr. Jerry Blaylock. Joining us along with Mr. Blaylock is the Journal's current Managing Editor John Downey. Mr. Blaylock has been teaching water damage restoration and advanced drying concepts for the past ten years and during the same time frame has been working on his theory and algorithm that is designed to explain how wood dries on water damage projects. His theories are derived from understanding lumber industry drying concepts and the physics of drying. Listeners are encouraged to check out the new journal and the cover article prior to the show at the following link: http://digitaladmin.bnpmedia.com/publication/?i=198021. LEARN MORE about drying water damaged buildings and the technical side of cleaning, restoration and inspection this week on IAQ Radio!

Joining us this week on IAQ Radio is Claudia Lezell President of Inspections Too, Inc., an inspection company that specializes in aiding in the diagnosis of floor covering and moisture related failures. Ms Lezell is the crème of the crop when it comes to floor covering inspection and one of the most common issues she and her team of experts deal with is moisture. Claudia leads a team of highly qualified scientists, experienced engineers and trained certified inspectors whose mission is to provide the highest quality diagnostic services in the industry. The need for this type of service is ever increasing due to the vast majority of factors that play into each flooring and moisture related failure. Flooring and moisture related failures can be avoided if proper testing procedures are followed before installation of a project; however this is not usually the case. Billions of dollars in related damages occur each year from flooring failures related to factors that could have been avoided if proper pre-installa

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Derik Denis, VP of Indoor Environmental Quality at Clark Seif Clark (CSC) and the 1st Vice President of the Indoor Air Quality Association A twenty year veteran of the Indoor Environmental Quality industry who in 2002 opened CSC's Southwestern office located in Tempe, Arizona. Mr. Denis has marketed, managed, and conducted a variety of assessment, project design, training, and project management roles for environmental issues. . He is also the Chapter Director for the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) Phoenix Chapter, and is on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Chapter of the Environmental Information Association (ElA). Derrick has managed an extremely wide variety of IEQ and disaster restoration projects including some very unusual projects we will discuss. We will also preview some of the key events and presentations at this yearâ??s IAQA conference in Nashville, TN March 17-19. LEARN MORE about flesh eating bacteria, wildfires, ricin, CO2 contamination, odors, hant

Just about every disaster restoration company needs temporary help from time to time. Most don't think much about it until the need arises and that can lead to problems. Pam Weigand has been in the staffing industry since 1989 when she was responsible for staffing contract security for various sites throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area. In 1993, Pam was provided a great opportunity to open a branch operation in Pittsburgh for Crown Services, Inc. a Midwest Regional Staffing Service. Over the next 20 years, Pam built a multimillion dollar regional operation to include staffing for the restoration industry, the mortgage, hospitality industry, warehouse and manufacturing for administrative, industrial, technical and management personnel. While Pam predominantly was responsible for staffing in the Pittsburgh Region, the branch also partnered with companies in North Carolina, New Jersey and Virginia. In January 2013, Pam founded Krown Employment Services, LLC, a full services staffing company. Located in the

IICRC Standards Update & ANSI/IICRC S800-2014 Standard & Reference Guide for Professional Inspection of Textile Floorcovering This week we welcome Mili Washington who has been The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) Standards Director since June 2011. Mile stepped into a tough job and has worked hard to streamline the standards development process and strategy at the IICRC, work toward American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approval for new and revised ANSI/IICRC standards, and use more digital tools to make virtual collaboration really come to life. Prior to joining IICRC Mili was manager of standards and guidelines for the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). Bill Doan is the ANSI/IICRC S800 Consensus Body chair, he retired in 2007 after a 43-year career in textile fibers (Dupont) and carpet care (Steamway, Shaw). He served as Dupontâ??s point man in its outreach efforts to the carpet care industry during the time of the launch of Stainmaster® c

Cleaning Verification Research & Standards - Dr. Haverinen-Shaughnessy is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Health and Wellbeing Environmental Health Department (THL), Kuopio, Finland, a Docent of Engineering, Healthy Buildings, Tampere University of Technology and a Visiting Professor at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has done extensive research on IAQ, health, dampness, remediation effectiveness and testing post cleaning.. This week we intend to focus on her recent research on ATP as a Marker for Surface Contamination in Schools and a Potential Approach to the Measurement of Cleaning Effectiveness. This approach was adopted in the new ISSA Clean Standard for K-12 Schools. ATP continues to be more accepted in the cleaning and restoration industry, LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!

Brian Baker is owner of Custom Vac Limited of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Mr. Baker has been in the HVAC and IAQ industry for almost 40 years and is a huge education advocate. His list of training and certifications is extensive as is his hands on experience in this industry. We got to know Brian through his passion for IAQ Radio and realized he has something special to offer our listeners. Knowledge of HVAC is vital to evaluating IAQ issues and very few have Mr. Baker's combination of experience and education. We want to know what his real world experience has taught him about the state of IAQ in Canada, how it compares to the US, what works and what doesn't and much more. Brian taught HVACR related courses for the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) Winnipeg Chapter. In 2009 he opened Westech Energy Training Center where he currently teaches 5th Class Power Engineering, Preparation for Residential HVACR, Refrigerant Handling Certification, and manages the education/training for RSES Winnipeg Chapter via

As Vice President of Technical Services at Rainbow International Jack White is is responsible for training, technical services and research & development. Mr. White is a 35 year veteran of the cleaning and restoration industry who has worked his way up through the ranks. He holds numerous industry certifications and is an IICRC accredited instructor in Water Damage Restoration, Carpet Cleaning and Odor Control. He is also a Member - National Panel of Consumer Arbitrators, handling disputes for Better Business Bureau. Mr. White is a current member of the Restoration Industry Association (RIA) Board of Directors and has served on numerous technical committees at RIA and other industry associations. Join us this week to LEARN MORE from a cleaning and restoration industry veteran Jack White!

This week on IAQ Radio The Zman and Radio Joe are going to review the year 2013 with highlights from shows, review of key news articles and a discussion of where we see opportunities for 2014. IAQ Radio produced another 41 shows in 2013 and we had some valuable information for our listeners. We started the new year with Eckardt Johanning, M.D. and finished with Tony Wheelright the new IICRC Chairman. In between we had tremendous interviews with people like Ralph Moon, Ph.D., Sam Rashkin, Chief Architect for USDOE, Janet Stout, Ph.D world renowned expert on Legionnella, Irene Grant, M.D. on fungal infections, Barney Burroughs, CIAQP and filtration guru, our own Dr. Dietrich Weyel on Advanced IEQ and particle physics, Attorneys Paul Zeniewicz & Dennis Beaver, Dina Dwyer Owens, Franchiser, Entrepreneur and Undercover Boss, Wei Tang, PhD, Richard Shaughnessy, PhD and Bill Sothern, CIH on the ABC News The Lookout premier, CIH and many, many more that we want to thank publicly. A full list of shows and guests for 2

This week on IAQ Radio Tony Wheelwright the new IICRC Chairman joins us to discuss the past present and future at IICRC. Mr. Wheelwright joined the board of directors in 2009. Prior to his retirement, he ran a multi-truck cleaning and inspection service for 36 years. Mr. Wheelwright has been hard at work for several years helping Past Chair Darrell Paulson engineer many of the big changes that have occurred. Some have been very successful, some have not been so successful and some are yet to be determined. We look forward to being one of the first to interview Tony in his new role. Its great to see him come out from behind the scenes and take some credit for the recent changes. Lest see what else he has in mind. LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!

This week we are going to discuss IEQ testing equipment focusing on particle counters and some new odor detection equipment with Tom Grillo of Kanomax USA. Tom Grillo started his career in the IAQ test and measurement industry as National Sales, Marketing, and Technical Service Manager at Airflow Technical Products, Inc. in 1991. He was instrumental in commercializing aspects of ASHRAE110 testing related devices that are still sold to this day by Kanomax USA. Tom was with the environmental engineering group at Hatch Mott McDonald, working with large remediation projects where he was directly involved with outdoor air quality projects and emissions monitoring. He was also a project manager with BT Western Corp, in the automotive industry managing the validation processes and vendor audits for new product development for various car makers. Tom is currently working with various test service organizations, universities and commercial partners to help improve IAQ related testing equipment and provide more access

Dr. Weyel will summarize the science and knowledge of carbon monoxide over the past one hundred years. The detrimental effects of carbon monoxide are well known but it appears even today there is a great deal of confusion about the effects of carbon monoxide exposure. This week on IAQ Radio we are going to ensure some important information that very few possess and fewer understand is recorded and memorialized forever. Dr. Dietrich Weyel is our Technical Director and more importantly one of only a handful of people remaining from the heyday of the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Healthâ??s industrial hygiene program. Too often people say that someone has forgotten more than others know about a subject but in this case it is absolutely true and may even understate the issue. Dr. Weyel will discuss the literature from the masters of physiology and noxious gas exposures. LEARN MORE about the supervision of indoor environmental contracting this week on IAQ Radio.

This week on IAQ Radio we are joined by Danny Hunt. Mr. Hunt is the IAQ Training Institute �¢??hands on�¢?? guru for our mold remediation courses. Danny has a very long history of contracting, consulting and training with respect to environmental safety and health issues. He started his career as an asbestos consultant and contractor in the mid 80s and has been in management or ownership of several companies since then. He is best known as the owner of Hunt and Associates and as a long time instructor for Professional Training Associates and IAQ Training Institute, LLC. At Hunt and Associates Danny completed environmental contracting projects of every size and in just about every type of facility. He is the containment king. Danny has held numerous certifications and licenses over his 30 year career and is an EPA approved instructor for Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act training courses. He has also attended mold remediation courses and/or held certifications through the Mid-Atlantic Environme

This week on IAQ Radio we are joined by New Jersey resident and founder of QLab, Dr. Wei Tang. Dr. Tang graduated from Cornell University with his Master and Ph.D. degrees in Soil Microbiology. He has conducted numerous research projects in Cornell University Soil Microbiology Laboratory using microorganisms for bio-remediation of environmental organic pollutants. He has also spent over 20 years at premier laboratories focused on microbiological sampling and analysis methods for indoor environmental quality assessment. He has taught professional development courses and presented frequently at national conferences on analysis of indoor microorganisms and also on various topics including investigation and remediation of microbial growth in indoor environments. In addition to founding QLab Dr. Tang is the inventor of several advanced microbial sampling devices including AccuScience Triple Gel-Tape, Sweep-Swab and Sponge-Swab. He also developed several advanced analytical methods such as AccuScience High Perf

This week while on IAQ Radio, we flashback to Dr. Charles E. Gilbert, an epidemiologist and toxicologist and a Principal of the Epidemiology and Toxicology Institute, LLC. Dr. Gilbert's area of expertise is in occupational and environmental health especially in sensitive subgroups such as children. Dr. Gilbert was a founding member of the Environmental Biology and Public Health Section in the American Association of Bioanalysts. He was also a Research Assistant Professor Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA. Dr. Gilbert developed and was Director of the Northeast Regional Lead Training Center, University of Massachusetts from 1992 to 1997, one of six centers established by the U.S. EPA. Dr. Gilbert was a Subject Matter Expert for EPA National Lead Certification Examination System and has been on technical, scientific, and medical advisory committees for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Environmental Protection Agen

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Steve Temes, founder of Airways Environmental Services located in Red Bank, NJ. Mr. Temes is an indoor environmental health professional that specializes in working with chemically sensitive individuals in New Jersey and New York City. Mr. Temes' undergraduate education was at Rutgers University and his Masters is from Monmouth University he started his career doing organic synthesis research and development for International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc. Little did he know this experience would be a tremendous foundation for his current career. Following his research work he was hired by a local environmental consulting company to start an Indoor Air Quality Division as the Indoor Air Quality Manager and has continued providing these services ever since. Mr. Temes specializes in working with clients that have significant chemical sensitivities and his approach to this issue is both interesting and uncommon. His theories on why people develop chemical sensitivities are thought

Chris Watson is a Certified Indoor Environmental Consultant with over 23 years in the restoration and remediation industry. He currently serves as the Principle for Environmental Assessment Group which specializes in Construction defect, moisture management and litigation support with an emphasis on crawl spaces and the indoor environment for chemically sensitive clients. He also serves as the Principle for Signature Building Concepts which focuses on re-construction of faulty building envelopes. Chris is the inventor of the DrySPACE crawl space systems, FAWS (Filtered Air Wash Systems), HUFFERS (Hepa Filtered Downdraft Air Wash Tables) and the CSAR (Crawl Space Assessment Report). Chris has been a speaker at the National IAQA Convention regarding "Special Needs For Special Clients" and has served on the advisory board for the Colorado Chapter of IAQA. He recognized as an Expert witness and has provided support for such notable projects as Denver International Airport, the State of Colorado and numerous high