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EPISODE339 - Part II, Fire Restoration with Unsmoke Founder Cliff Zlotnik

At the Healthy Building Professional Summit the Z-man did a great presentation titled An Indoor Environmental Professionals Guide to Fire Damage Restoration. It opened a lot of peopleâ??s eyes and reminded us that Cliff was a pioneer in the fire restoration world. After reviewing our archives we realized he had never been interviewed on this issue and here we are.
Mr. Zlotnik is a 40 year veteran of the cleaning and restoration industry and President Emeritus of Microban Systems. Cliff is often times referred to as the Godfather of the disaster restoration industry and was a pioneer in development of cleaning products equipment and techniques for the industry. He has been awarded numerous industry awards and served as an officer and member of the Board of Directors for many industry associations. He is also Co-host of IAQ Radio and a partner in IAQ Training Institute, LLC. He is known for thinking outside of the box and not being afraid to shake things up and challenge the status quo. .
Cliff also founded the Unsmoke line of fire restoration cleaning products and pioneered many of the fire restoration techniques used to this day. He has always had a passion for fire related issues and feels that fire restoration doesnâ??t get enough respect. LEARN MORE about fire damage restoration this week on IAQ Radio with the Z-man Cliff Zlotnik.

EPISODE338 - Fire Restoration with Unsmoke Founder, Cliff The Z-Man Zlotnik

At the Healthy Building Professional Summit the Z-man provided a superb presentation titled "An Indoor Environmental Professionals Guide to Fire Damage Restoration". He opened a lot of people's eyes and reminded us that he was a pioneer in the fire restoration world. After reviewing our archives we realized he had never been interviewed on this issue and so here we are.
Mr. Zlotnik is a 40 year veteran of the cleaning and restoration industry and President Emeritus of Microban Systems. Cliff is often times referred to as the Godfather of the disaster restoration industry and was a pioneer in development of cleaning products, equipment and techniques for the industry. He has been awarded numerous industry awards and served as an officer and member of the Board of Directors for many industry associations. He is also Co-host of IAQ Radio and a partner in IAQ Training Institute, LLC. He is known for thinking outside of the box and not being afraid to shake things up and challenge the status quo.
Cliff also founded the Unsmoke line of fire restoration products and pioneered many of the fire restoration techniques used to this day. He has always had a passion for fire related issues and feels that fire restoration doesn't get enough respect. LEARN MORE about fire damage restoration this week on IAQ Radio with the Z-man Cliff Zlotnik.

EPISODE337 - Thomas Phoenix, PE ASHRAE Pres. & Kent Rawhouser, IAQA Pres.

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome ASHRAE President Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E. and IAQA President Kent Rawhouser to discuss the recent blockbuster merger of the two organizations. Early in August we had ASHRAE Immediate Past President Bill Bahnfleth, PhD and talked briefly about how the merger came about this week we get into much more detail about the merger and how it will affect members of both organizations.
Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy Assessment and Building Energy Modeling Professional, is principal and vice president, Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, Greensboro, N.C. As ASHRAEâ??s president, Phoenix chairs the Societyâ??s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. His presidential theme is â??People, Passion and Performance.â?? Mr. Phoenix started his career in HVAC over 30 years ago as an engineer with the Division of Plant Operation of the North Carolina State Board of Education. After a few years he had an opportunity to enter the design and consulting field of the HVAC business and has been working in that discipline since then. In 1989 Phoenix established the engineering department, and became a partner, in the architectural/engineering firm of Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, PA. Phoenixâ??s design portfolio includes schools, research and testing laboratories, industrial manufacturing facilities and numerous classroom, residence hall and food service projects for colleges and universities.
Kent Rawhouser is a veteran disaster restoration professional with a thriving business in Wisconsin. Kent has been active in the disaster restoration community for decades and could have stayed within his comfort zone for the rest of his career. Instead over the past 7 years Mr. Rawhouser has spent a significant amount of time volunteering and keeping on top of the intersection of disaster restoration and indoor air quality. As part of this effort he became much more involved with the Indoor Air Quality Association becoming a member of the Board of Directors and most recently being elected President of the association.

EPISODE336 - Scott Stamper, RIA President

EPISODE335 - Bill Bahnfleth Immediate Past President of ASHRAE

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Penn State Professor and ASHRAE Immediate Past President William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., Dr. Bahnfleth is a professor and director of the Indoor Environment Center in the Department of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University-University Park. He holds a doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is a Registered Professional Engineer. He has more than 30 years of experience as a consulting engineer, researcher and educator. Dr. Bahnfleth has been a member of ASHRAE since 1981 and in addition to being Immediate Past President he is an ASHRAE Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer.
Dr. Bahnfleth's Presidential theme was Shaping the Next, focusing on creating positive change for our world, ourselves, and our work by setting goals, making realistic plans to achieve them, and having the commitment to follow them. He put a strong emphasis on indoor air quality during his tenure and when introducing a collection of expert comments in the ASHRAE Journal he wrote "The first collection addresses indoor air quality (IAQ) the most important aspect of what I consider to be our fundamental obligation to strive to provide indoor environments that are safe, healthy, productive, and comfortable while conserving resources and the environment." LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!

EPISODE334 - Nicole Bijlsma, Electromagnetic Fields (EMF's) & Baubiology

This week on IAQ Radio we will be discussing Baubiology & Electromagnetic Fields (EMF's) with Nichole Bijlsma. Nicole is the founder of the Australian College of Environmental Studies in Melbourne, Australia. She is an accomplished naturopath, building biologist, writer and author who conducts lectures to doctors, natural therapists and builders about the health hazards in the home. Apart from an Honours degree in Acupuncture, she completed further training in Guangzhou TCM hospital (China) in the early 1990s and has extensive experience lecturing in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Naturopathic philosophy at various universities and institutions. Nicole is the author of the best seller - Healthy Home Healthy Family - which attracted numerous radio and television interviews in addition to numerous articles in print and online media. Her book is available through the school at www.aces.edu.au.
Nicole is a woman of passion, and her passion lies in environmental medicine. She first became involved in healthy homes as a result of two events in her life; firstly experiencing ten miscarriages after moving into her first home from what she now believes to be exposure to a high level magnetic field (from the meter box) and secondly, when she began to notice the extent to which the environment was causing illness in many of her patients particularly children. LEARN MORE on IAQ Radio with author, naturopath and building biologist Nicole Bijlsma!

EPISODE333 - Lew Harriman & Terry Brennan

This week on IAQ Radio we are going to talk about one of the best if not the best document EPA has developed in 20 years. Terry Brennan and Lew Harriman join us to discuss the EPA document "Moisture Control Guidance for Building Design, Construction and Maintenance". If you do not have this document in your library, get it!
Terry Brennan was the lead author for the EPA's new Guidance for Moisture Control in Buildings. He is a founder and managing partner of Camroden Associates, a building science consulting firm located in Westmoreland, New York. He began his career as a physics major at Northeastern University, but some how, some way got diverted into building science, working on the earliest research into radon problems and radon behavior in buildings, and moving on to energy and moisture issues. For the last 40 years, he's spent more time crawling around damp basements and hot attics than most normal people would find pleasant. But in return for those decades of investigation, Terry knows a LOT about what makes buildings tick... how they go wrong... and how to make sure they don't.
Lew Harriman was a contributor to the new EPA guidance for Moisture Control in Buildings on the HVAC aspects of moisture control. He began his career as an architecture student at Dartmouth, but after five years as an Air Force officer, he went to work for a manufacturer of dehumidification systems, and got permanently diverted into HVAC engineering, where he's spent the last 38 years. He is the founder of Mason-Grant Consulting, a building science consulting firm located in Portsmouth, NH. He is active in ASHRAE as the vice-chair of technical committee 1.12 (Moisture Management in Buildings), and is an ASHRAE Fellow and Distinguished Lecturer.
LEARN MORE about moisture and moisture control on IAQ Radio today at noon eastern with Terry Brennan and Lew Harriman!

EPISODE332 - David Lark, Principle Mycologist @ Mould Labs - Mold or Mould?

David Lark is Principal Mycologist at MouldLab, a Division of NSJ EnviroSciences Pty Ltd, one of Australiaâ??s few laboratories specialising in environmental mycology as it relates to indoor environments and the health of occupants. As a professional microbiologist and mycologist with over 30 years experience, David is a member of a number of relevant professional bodies including the Indoor Air Quality SIG, part of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand (CASANZ) he maintains current professional contact with advances in the industry and relevant science. In 2009 he udertook a course in the Mycology of Food & Airborne Fungi, at Centraalbureau Voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) Fungal Biodiversity Centre, The Netherlands, to continue his professional mycology training and has presented and published research papers and posters internationally. Locally, he has appeared on â??A Current Affairâ?? and radio interviews, particularly in reference to the aftermath of the Queensland floods. David is a scientific advisor and consultant mycologist to many mould remediators and has mould focused research projects in several states of Australia. He undertakes local and interstate assessments and assist clients with solutions to their mould problems, advising on microbial sampling, HVAC assessments, indoor fungal ecology & new methods of mould remediation. In addition to this consulting involvement and provision of expert witness support for clients, David supervises MouldLabâ??s Newcastle laboratory which provides a full range of mycological services to its clients.

EPISODE331 - Baker's Dozen of Restoration All Stars at Violand Summit

This week on IAQ Radio Radio Joe and The Zman will be broadcasting live from the Violand Executive Summit in Canton, OH. We have an all star lineup of disaster restoration guests joining us in a conference room at the summit. We have put together two questions for each of our 13 guests. Following is the list of guests on this weeks show:
Chuck Violand - President of Violand Management
Bryan O'Haleck - President IICRCA
Andy Robinson - Jon-Don
Bill Yeadon - Jon-Don's Strategies for Success
Tony Wheelwright - President IICRC
Pedro Perez - Owner Perez Restoration Contractors
Tammy Stokes - Owner Oklahoma Disaster Restoration
Ross Driscoll Sr. - Owner Driscoll and Driscoll Insurance
Mark Welstead - President Rainbow International
Scott Stamper - RIA President
Mickey Lee - Violand Business Development Adviser
Jeff Cross - Editor Cleanfax Magazine
Kent Rawhouser - President of IAQA
LEARN MORE on IAQ Radio this week with a Bakers Dozen of leading restoration industry figures.

EPISODE330 - Chuck Violand, Building a Profitable Business

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Chuck Violand. Chuck founded Violand Management Associates in 1988 with the objective of helping owners of restoration and cleaning companies build profitable businesses for their long-term business and personal success. Having owned his own restoration and cleaning company for 27 years, Chuck brings firsthand knowledge and experience of the inner workings of the industry. In addition, he has over 25 years experience consulting to small business owners and their management teams. As a history major at the University of Akron, Chuck learned that a leader's actions today produce consequences people will live with for years to come, whether it involves nations or businesses. Chuck is a regular contributor of articles to several newsletters and trade publications on the subject of growing and managing small businesses. Chuck is a popular keynote speaker at conventions and trade shows who is recognized as an authority on entrepreneurial small businesses and is a member of the board of directors of the Restoration Industry Association (RIA). Learn More on running a profitable business this week on IAQ Radio!