IAQ Radio

EPISODE291 - Dietrich Weyel, Sc.D.- Advanced IEQ Issues & Summer Break

This week we discuss Advanced Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) with our Technical Director, Dr. Dietrich Weyel. We will start with a general discussion of the Advanced IEQ topics that will be included in the upcoming IAQTI/IAQA Advanced Indoor Environmentalist course and then get into some detail on particle physics and gasses. A good understanding of how particles and gasses behave in indoor environments is vital to successful IEQ consulting and contracting.
Dr. Weyel "Dieter" holds an Sc.D. in Environmental and Occupational Health from the University of Pittsburgh. He taught at the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University, and he also has worked in the private sector at Bayer Corporation prior to starting his private consulting practice. This week he helps us LEARN MORE about Advanced IEQ, particles, gasses and more on IAQ Radio.

EPISODE289 - Live from the Violand Executive Summit with Radio Joe & Zman

EPISODE288 - Flashback Friday in Memory of Melinda Ballard

EPISODE287-Richard Shaughnessy, PhD, Bill Sothern, CIH- ABC's "The Lookout"

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Richard J. Shaughnessy, PhD, and Bill Sothern,CIH, to discuss the recent ABC news primetime show "The Lookout" segment called Protect Yourself During a Mold Inspection.
AIHA's press release here - http://www.aiha.org/about-aiha/Press/PR2013/SPR-13-0530-01_AIHA%20Members%20on%20ABC%20News%20Segment.pdf
The show aired on Wednesday May 29th and reported on 7 mold inspectors called to look at a home that was first inspected by our guests. Four of the seven inspectors came up with the same diagnosis as Shaughnessy and Sothern but the other three were way off the mark.
ABC Consumer Report trailer here - http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/05/4-tips-to-protect-yourself-from-mold-inspection/
Join us and LEARN MORE as we discuss the ABC show with the two mold experts.

EPISODE286- Bernard Bloom, MS, CIAQP, CIEC - Spray Foam - Issues & Answers

This week on IAQ Radio we're going to discuss an issue that keeps popping up relating to IAQ - How to evaluate spray foam applications, and remediation issues and answers with Mr. Bernard Bloom. Bernard Bloom has four decades of environmental experience with a balanced government/private sector work history. He is currently president of BSEA, an indoor air quality consulting firm in Silver Spring, MD. He has conducted many investigations into conventional and unusual indoor air quality problems in commercial, residential, and institutional buildings in the metropolitan Washington area, including problems related to improper ventilation, out-of-control indoor sources, and to unusual contaminants and pathways.
He has worked with problems due to VOCs, moisture and mold, combustion, odors, SPF vapors, and the aftereffects of floods, fires, fiber releases, and vapor intrusion.
For fifteen years Mr. Bloom (BS, MS) has worked as an indoor environmental consultant and is certified as an Indoor Air Quality Professional and an Indoor Environmental Consultant. His services include diagnosis of problem spaces, development of sampling and remediation plans, and integrated technical and strategic support for occupants of such spaces. He is an engineering graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and Carnegie Mellon University.
Professionally he is a member of ASHRAE, the IAQA, the AIHA, among other organizations. He also is active in his community as a member of the Montgomery County Energy and Air Quality Advisory Committee. In 2009 Bernie Bloom was named as one of 40 "Environmental Heroes" by the Pittsburgh-based Group and Smog and Pollution. Join us & LEARN MORE on IAQ Radio!

EPISODE285 - H.E. Barney Burroughs, CIAQP -Author & ASHRAE Past Int. Pres.

Author and ASHRAE Past International Pres. Barney Burroughs, CIAQP on IAQ Radio this week.
H. E. Barney Burroughs, CIAQQP is a technical consultant in the field of Indoor Environmental Quality and is a recognized expert in Indoor Air Quality and Air Cleaning. He is the primary author of the Burroughs/Hansen "Managing Indoor Air Quality", now in fifth edition and is also co-author of the AEE course Fundamentals and Core Skills of Indoor Air Quality. Mr. Burroughs is the President and CEO of Building Wellness Consultancy, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in IAQ diagnostics and training, filtration, and related IAQ and Building Health, Safety, and Security issues. He is a prolific author of numerous papers/articles and is a lecturer on IAQ and frequently leads seminars on that and related subjects.
Mr. Burroughs is a Past International President (1987/88) and Fellow of ASHRAE (The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.). As a Presidential Member, Barney remains active in the activities of ASHRAE: a former Chairman of the Environmental Health Committee; active membership on Technical Committees 2.3 and 2.4 (Technical committees on gaseous and particulate filters); Past-chairman and member of SPPC 52.2 on Fractional Efficiency of Particulate Filters; member of Advanced IAQ Design Guide Project Committee; Trustee of the ASHRAE Foundation; and Past-member of the ASHRAE Presidential Ad Hoc Committee on Homeland Security Building Related Issues. Barney has attained the ASHRAE Distinguished Service and Exceptional Service Awards, and was designated as a Distinguished Lecturer with ASHRAE's Education Program. He is the current recipient of the ASHRAE Environmental Health Award.
Join us this week and LEARN MORE about IEQ and filtration issues with one of the leading experts in the industry Barney Burroughs!

EPISODE284- Bill Rose, Architect-Univ. IL Flashback to Episode 131

William B. Rose is Research Architect at the Building Research Council-School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His major field of university research involves water and its effects on buildings. He is the author of "Water in Buildings: an architect's guide to moisture and mold" published in 2005 by Wiley & Sons. This book won the Association for Preservation Technology Lee Nelson Award. His current university research has included sky radiation effects with solar reflective roof surfaces, combustion product concentrations in houses with un-vented combustion appliances and much more. He is the handbook chair of ASHRAE TC4.4, responsible for four ASHRAE Handbook chapters on building envelope performance, and he is a founding member of ASHRAE Standard Committee 160P Design Criteria for Moisture Control in Buildings. Through William B. Rose & Associates, he consults to museums and historic properties on moisture issues. Some well known buildings/project he has consulted on include the United Nations Building, Sagamore Hill (Home of T. Roosevelt), and the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

EPISODE283- Mr. John Otero- Heat Drying and the IICRC S500 Revision

Mr. Otero has been in the Cleaning and Restoration industry for twenty-three years, 13 years in the restoration side and 10 years in the distribution of cleaning and restoration equipment by being employed with Bridgepoint / Interlink Supply. Eleven of those years was with COIT services, one of the most successful worldwide cleaning and restoration franchises. His passion for the restoration industry is now being shared through the new technology of Direct Heat Drying & the Remote Field Commander. Mr. Otero is certified with the Dri-Zone ASD class, Vortex Drying, IICRC certified in CPT, UPH & WRT and is also certified with the Reets Drying Academy. In the last 24 months Mr. Otero has taught over 150 educational seminars & CEC events to approximately 3000 restorers, insurance agents and adjusters in the United States and Canada. He has also had the privilege of speaking at Connections Convention, RIA, FIRARS conference and DRC Convention & The Experience.

EPISODE282 -Phil Morey, Ph.D., CIH- IAQ Legend- Flashback Friday! Ep. #106

This week while Radio Joe and the Z-man are on the road, we flashback to a show with a true IAQ legend- Dr. Philip Morey. Philip R. Morey received his Ph.D. degree in Biology from Yale University and is certified in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Dr. Morey has held various teaching positions including Lecturer of Biology at Harvard University and Professor of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University. He has also held a research position (Research Microbiologist; Research Industrial Hygienist) while at The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the 1980s and was subsequently Director of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)/Microbiology at several consulting companies. Dr. Morey was/is Principal Consultant Microbiology at ENVIRON International Corporation. Dr. Morey was one of the panelists for the first consensus mold remediation guideline published by the New York Department of Health in 1993. He was Assistant Editor of the 1999 American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Bioaerosols: Assessment and Control book. He has written two books: How Trees Grow and Biological Contaminants in Indoor Environments. Join us and reminisce with this IAQ legend and LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio!

EPISODE281 - Dampness & Mold-Related Illness -The Patient's Perspective

Let's hear from the patients. What do they recommend for people having trouble finding MD's to treat their dampness/mold related illness? What do they suggest when it comes to inspections and remediations? What has helped them and how can they help others? We plan to ask Cyndi Sullivan a patient of Irene Grant, MD these questions and more. Cyndi called us after our show with Dr. Grant and asked about doing a show for people and patients that have issues with dampness and mold. We talked and we agreed that everyone can learn something from each other and that professionals can certainly learn from those we are trying to help. So this week we look forward to getting the patient's perspective and will LEARN MORE on IAQ Radio!