Indoor Environmental Quality
Prerequisite: None
Duration: 4 hours
Learning Objectives/Competencies for the module
After this class, a building operator should be able to:
- Explain the role building operators play in occupant comfort and productivity
- Describe how to effectively manage IEQ in buildings
- Describe the benefits of an Indoor Environmental Quality program
- Explain the importance of effective communication
Content/Agenda
- Indoor Environmental Quality Overview
- Discussion Question: What issues are we concerned about with IEQ?
- Why is IEQ important
- Cost of IEQ Problems
- Operating Cost vs. Productivity Factor
- Causes of IEQ Problems
- Common Health Symptoms
- Discussion Question: Who should be treating health problems?
- IEQ Program
- Benefits of an IEQ Program
- Create Your Own IEQ Program
- The Challenge of Occupant Comfort
- Effective Communication
- Learning Activity: Communications Case Study
- Fundamentals of Indoor Environmental Quality
- Air Quality
- Potential Air Quality Concerns
- Common IEQ Pollutants Sources
- Green Cleaning
- Integrated Pest Management
- Fungi and Mold
- Discussion Question
- Moisture Dynamics
- Thermal Comfort
- Thermal Satisfaction
- Sources of Thermal Discomfort
- What do thermal comfort standards say?
- What impacts Thermal Comfort?
- Lighting / Lighting Levels
- Noise / Acoustics
- Preventing IEQ Problems
- Preventing and Solving IEQ Problems
- Communicating to Prevent IEQ Problems
- Benchmark for “Good Practice”
- Prevent Biological Contamination
- Walk-Through Assessments
- Solving IEQ Problems
- IEQ Profile Measurements
- Sampling Air for Contaminants & Indicators
- IEQ Measurement Devices
- IEQ Program Discussion/Question
- Pollutant Control Strategies
- IEQ Problem Components
- Pollutant Sources
- Pollutant Pathways and Driving Forces
- Four Control Strategies
- Source Control
- Ventilation
- Filtration
- Discussion Question
- Exposure Control
Learning Activity
Communications Case Study