Training
Descriptions:
BOC 106 – Indoor Air Quality
| Credits: |
.7 |
| Total: |
7 hrs |
| Lecture: |
6 hrs |
| Class Exercise: |
1 hr |
Prerequisites: None
Learning Outcomes/Competencies:
- At the completion of Introduction to Indoor Air Quality, a
participant will be able to:
- describe the key factors that determine indoor
air quality in commercial buildings.
- identify basic air handling equipment and implications for
thermal comfort and indoor air quality.
- list the elements of a basic indoor air quality program incorporating
policies, guidelines, procedures, and techniques to keep buildings
dry, clean, comfortable, limit indoor air pollutant sources,
and provide adequate ventilation. The basic IAQ program will
also include education and communications.
- describe the relationship between moisture, mold, and ventilation.
- list the procedures to effectively manage indoor air quality
concerns and complaints.
- use common tools and instruments to measure and assess indoor
environmental parameters for thermal comfort and indoor air quality.
- identify a minimum of two information resources for managing
IAQ.
Texts:
STUDENT
HANDBOOK: BOC 106 – Indoor Air Quality
Building Air Quality Manual, EPA
Building Air Quality Action Plan, EPA
Tools for Schools Kit, EPA
I-BEAM, EPA
Course handous
Special Equipment:
- Chemical smoke tubes.
- Pressure measurement devices.
- Temperature and relative humidity instrumentation.
- Moisture meters
- Carbon Dioxide meters
- Carbon Monoxide detectors
Evaluation:
BOC 106 – Indoor Air Quality: Course Outline
1. Indoor
Air Quality Overview
a. Magnitude
of IAQ Problems
b. Health
Effects & Concerns
c. Benefits
of Prevention
2. Fundamentals
of Indoor Air Quality
a. Causes
of IAQ Problems
b. Common
Indoor Air Pollutant Sources
c. Pathways
and Driving Forces
d. Occupant
and Activity Factors
3. Effective
Communication
a. Protocols
for Effective Communication
b. Responding
to Complaints
c. Solving
Problems
d. Documentation
and Useful Forms
4. Preventing
IAQ Problems
a. Good
Practices
b. Elements
of an IAQ Program
c. Resources
5. Hands-on Activities
a. Zonal
Pressure Relationships
b. Measuring
Carbon Dioxide
c. Ventilation
Effectiveness
d. Case
studies
Suggested Projects (NOTE: There is no required facility project
assignment for this class.)
A. Using
the floor plan from BOC 101, identify:
1. Occupancy
(From BOC 102 Project)
2. Space
use or process (From BOC 102 Project)
3. Pressure
balance (+ or -) with respect to adjacent rooms or spaces
B. Identify
all pollutant sources (as per Hands-on Activity 5a ) in the facility. Inventory
on the floor plan of building.
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